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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corcoran Gallery of Art will feature major exhibitions in its upcoming 2009–2010 season: Sargent and the Sea opening in September, Edward Burtynsky: Oil in October, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales in January, 2010 and Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change in April, 2010.
Sargent and the Sea
September 12, 2009–January 3, 2010
 For the first time ever, the Corcoran Gallery of Art will feature more than 80 paintings, watercolors, and drawings depicting seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of the pre-eminent late 19th century American expatriate painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). Opening September 12, the exhibition will place the sea back on center-stage and highlight the impact it had on Sargent’s career, the development of his style, and his artistic preferences. Organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Sargent and the Sea brings together the artist’s early beach scenes together in one exhibition and will be the first to examine, in great depth, the little explored marine paintings and drawings produced during the first five years of the artist’s career.
The Corcoran’s masterwork En Route pour la Pêche (Setting Out to Fish) (1878) will serve as the centerpiece of the exhibition, and will be joined by other works produced during, and inspired by, the artist’s summer journeys from his home in Paris to Brittany, Normandy, and Capri, as well as during two transatlantic voyages.
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Sargent and the Sea will travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (February 14–May 23, 2010) and the Royal Academy of Arts, London (July 10–September 26, 2010).
Sargent and the Sea is organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and made possible by the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art, Christie's, The Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc., and Altria Group, Inc. Additional support for the exhibition is provided by the American Masterpieces initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts and The Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation.
***PRESS PREVIEW FOR SARGENT AND THE SEA – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 10 A.M.
Edward Burtynsky: Oil
October 3–December 13, 2009
 Organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, this exhibition surveys a decade of photographic imagery exploring the subject of oil by artist Edward Burtynsky. The Canadian photographer has traveled internationally to chronicle the production, distribution, and use of this critical fuel. In addition to revealing the rarely-seen mechanics of its manufacture, Burtynsky photographs the effects of oil on our lives, depicting landscapes altered by its extraction from the earth and by the cities and suburban sprawl generated around its use. He also addresses the coming "end of oil," as we confront its rising cost and dwindling availability. This exhibition, premiering in our nation’s capital in October, represents a look at one of the most important subjects of our time by one of the most respected and recognized contemporary photographers in the world.
Edward Burtynsky: Oil will include approximately 55 color landscapes made over the last decade, organized around specific themes that—taken together—encompass a kind of modern-day “lifecycle” of the energy source that has shaped the modern world. Burtynsky’s photographs, printed at large scale,render his subjects with transfixing detail. They include scenes of oil fields, refineries, automobiles and
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other vehicles, high-speed motorway networks, and disposed and recycled materials. The project willfeature many new works, most never-before exhibited. A major catalogue, published by acclaimed German publisher Steidl, will accompany the exhibition. Edward Burtynsky: Oil will travel internationally through 2012.
Edward Burtynsky: Oil is made possible with the generous support of Scotiabank Group.
***PRESS PREVIEW FOR EDWARD BURTYNSKY: OIL – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 10 A.M.
Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
January 30–April 25, 2010
 It is a little appreciated fact that the National Museum Wales has one of the signature collections of 19th century painting in Britain, a collection that is among the more important in Europe. The collection was built between 1908 and 1923, and then donated to the museum by two extraordinary sisters, Gwendoline and Margaret Davies. In keeping with the great Welsh industrial heritage, these were daughters of a major Welsh mining and shipping tycoon, David Davies. Turner to Cézanne presents an outstanding group of paintings from the 19th and early 20th centuries, including masterpieces by Cézanne, Corot, Daumier, Manet, Millet, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Turner, and van Gogh. Featuring nearly 60 works, many of which have rarely been exhibited outside of Wales, the exhibition will explore some of the key stylistic innovations that shaped the art of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Essentially an exceptional survey of the evolution of early modern art, the exhibition will move from the romantic naturalism of J.M.W. Turner, to the verve of Claude Monet and August Renoir’s Impressionism, climaxing in the intensity and passion of Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh’s Post-Impressionism.
Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales is organized by the American Federation of Arts and National Museum Wales. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. The presentation at the Corcoran is supported by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
***PRESS PREVIEW FOR TURNER TO CÉZANNE: MASTERPIECES FROM THE DAVIES COLLECTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010, 10 A.M.
Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change
April 10–July 18, 2010
Helios: Eadweard Muybridge is the first retrospective exhibition in half a century to investigate and survey all aspects of the art of this pioneering nineteenth century British/American photographer. His work has never been thoroughly presented in the context of an art museum. One of the most influential artists of his time, Muybridge began his artistic career in California in the mid-1860s as a masterful landscape photographer. In the 1870s he developed new techniques to stop motion in order to photograph running horses. He later projected his images to create the illusion of motion, which foreshadowed the invention of the motion picture. While best known for his motion studies, Muybridge’s overall aesthetic and social vision, in the context of his own time, will be the focus of this exhibition.
Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change is organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and made possible through the generous support of American Express and the Trellis Fund. Additional support was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. The accompanying catalogue was made possible, in part, by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
***PRESS PREVIEW FOR HELIOS: EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE IN A TIME OF CHANGE – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010, 10 A.M.
VISITOR INFORMATION
The Corcoran’s hours of operation are as follows: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission to The Corcoran costs $10 for adults, $8 for students/seniors/military, children under six enter for free, and Members receive free year-round admission. To purchase tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com.
ABOUT THE CORCORAN
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, a privately funded institution, was founded in 1869 as Washington’s first and largest non-federal museum of art. It is known internationally for its distinguished collection of historical and modern American art as well as contemporary art, photography, European painting, sculpture and the decorative arts. Founded in 1890, the Corcoran College of Art + Design is Washington’s only four-year college of art and design offering BFA degrees in Digital Media Design, Fine Art, Graphic Design and Photography; a five-year Bachelor of Fine Arts/ Master of Arts in Teaching (BFA/MAT); and a two-year Master of Arts (MA) in Interior Design or History of Decorative Arts. The College’s Continuing Education program offers part-time credit and non-credit classes for children and adults and draws more than 2,500 participants each year. For more information, please visit www.corcoran.org.
Photographs:
Page 1: John Singer Sargent, En Route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish), 1878, oil on canvas. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund 17.2.
Page 2: Edward Burtynsky, Oil Tanker and Refineries, Pasadena, Texas, USA 2004, chromogenic digital print © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto / Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC.
Page 3: Paul Cézanne, The François Zola Dam, ca. 1877–78, oil on canvas. National Museum Wales; Miss Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest, 1951 (NMWA 2439). Courtesy American Federation of Arts.
Page 4: Eadweard Muybridge, Valley of the Yosemite, from Mosquito Camp, No. 22, 1872, Albumen print 18 x 22”. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., gift of the Women’s Committee.
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