2003

Exhibitions presented at The Frick Collection during 2003.

Past Exhibition: Masterpieces from the Toledo Museum of Art

cover of the catalogue for the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art with painting of Saint Joseph leading the Virgin Mary and infant Jesus on a donkey in a landscape
Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art
October 29, 2002 to January 5, 2003

To mark its centenary, the Toledo Museum of Art lent twelve of its greatest European paintings. Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art included exceptional works by artists such as Piero di Cosimo (1462-1521), Jacopo Bassano (about 1510-92), El Greco (1541-1614), Gustave Courbet (1819-77), James Tissot (1836-1902), and Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), many of whom are not represented in The Frick Collection's own holdings. The presentation of these treasures illuminated another chapter in American collecting.

Past Exhibition: Tapestries Reinstalled

detail of tapestry depicting guests at a wedding in 18th century dress dancing outdoors.
Two Tapestries Reinstalled
November 26, 2002 to January 26, 2003

During the winter of 2002 to 2003, visitors enjoyed two eighteenth-century tapestries woven by the Brussels workshop of Peter van den Hecke (c. 1752). On display in the Music Room on a half-year rotational basis, these rare hangings are important for their state of preservation, the significance of their design, their royal provenance, and the evidence regarding the identity of their maker and manufacture.

Past Exhibition: From Pisanello to Whistler

ink sketch of fishermen on a boat holding poles and caught fish
From Pisanello to Whistler: Works on Paper in The Frick Collection. A Celebration of the Publication of Volume IX
April 29, 2003 to June 1, 2003

In celebration of the publication of the ninth and final volume of the series of comprehensive catalogues of The Frick Collection, a selection of works on paper were placed on view in the Cabinet. Although Henry Clay Frick was interested primarily in paintings, he did periodically acquire drawings and prints throughout his collecting career. Following his death in 1919, the museum has continued to purchase, on occasion, important examples of graphic art; its collection of works on paper, though small, is one of high quality.

Past Exhibition: Anne Vallayer-Coster

cover of exhibition catalog showing gold vase filled with lilacs, red roses, and peace lilies.
Anne Vallayer-Coster: Painter to the Court of Marie-Antoinette
January 22, 2003 to March 23, 2003

This was the first retrospective exhibition for the eighteenth-century French still-life painter Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), a highly regarded artist who was one of the favorite painters of Marie-Antoinette. Through a selection of approximately forty of her paintings, the exhibition demonstrates Vallayer-Coster's artistic development as one of the foremost still-life artists of her generation. Accompanying the exhibition is the first catalogue to present the majority of Vallayer-Coster's known oeuvre in full color.