Mind's eye

de Olivier Meslay, Jordan, William B.

An overview of European art from the French Revolution to the First World War, Mind's Eye encompasses 116 works on paper in various media by seventy artists. These works range from quick sketches and working drawings to cartoons for large murals and highly finished masterpieces. Among the featured artists are such recognizable names as Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cezanne, Jacques-Louis David, Edgar Degas, Eugene Delacroix, Theodore Gericault, Fernand Leger, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Georges Seurat. Also included are never-before-published works by accomplished yet lesser-known artists, such as Albert Anker, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl, Fernand Khnopff, Frantisek Kupka, and Simeon Solomon. Noted international specialists in the field address the working methods of these artists and the aesthetic beauty of their drawings and watercolours, and offer focused studies on artists, regions, schools and themes. By simultaneously drawing attention to overlooked works and reexamining those produced by famous artists, this catalogue examines the overall effect of their cumulative contributions from a fresh, modern perspective.0Exhibition: Dallas Museum of Art, USA (29.6.-26.10.2014).