This our beautiful new acquisition: a hand signed lithograph by Henri Matisse representing Madame Pompadour. She was a beautiful and fascinating woman, a member of the French court, and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death.

Gilden’s Arts Gallery is proud to present our new exhibition devoted to Marc Chagall (1887-1985), master of form and colours. His incredible combination of colourism and highly personal symbolism makes of Marc Chagall one of the main artists of the 20th Century.
The works by Marc Chagall transport their audience into a dreamlike, fantastical world. Comprised of visions taken from his mind and memory, Chagall’s compositions combine floating lovers and flying beasts in magical compositions that exude charm and beauty.
Chagall’s whimsical, folkloric works demonstrate the importance he placed upon dreams as a source of inspiration, as his subjects are repeatedly seen floating with little regard to the forces of gravity.

“But I had never wanted to paint like any other painter. I always dreamt of some new kind of art that would be different. In Paris, I at last saw as in a vision the kind of art that I actually wanted to create. It was an intuition of a new psychic dimension in my paintings.”

The work below, Banks of Bercy, is an important lithograph, part of a famous series in which Marc Chagall celebrates the French capital.
“Banks of Bercy”, like its fellow pictures in this series, sings with the poetry of Chagall’s unique vision; romance, flowers, a horse, a bird and a cityscape are intertwined in this poetic, dreamlike composition.
Chagall’s relationship with Paris had begun in 1910, when he had gone there on a near pilgrimage, a young artist seeking inspiration from the capital of the Avant-guard. It was there that he had begun to forge his own reputation and his incredible combination of colourism and highly personal symbolism.

View the exhibition's catalogue:

Marc Chagall: Poems in Colours

Gilden's Arts Gallery is exhibiting in Art Karlsruhe until Sunday!You are more than welcom to come and visit our 3 exhibitions in stand U08, Halle 1:

- Works on Paper by Modern Master, including rare drawings by Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro

- a rare collection of paintings by the Hungarian avant garde artist Bela Kadar

- an important solo Show by the leading Israeli artist Jacob Gildor.

Gilden's Arts Gallery is proud to show this new acquisition:
HENRI MATISSE 1869-1954
(Emile Benoît) Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869-1954 Nice
Title: Sitting Nude with Tulle Shirt  / Nu Assis a la Chemise de Tulle, 1925
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Chine paper
Paper Size: 48.9 x 37.5 cm / 14.2 x 11.25 in
Plate Size: 36.5 x 28.6 cm / 19.25 x 14.8 in
Additional Information: This is an original lithograph by Henri Matisse.
It is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Henri Matisse" at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil at the lower right margins "40/50".
This early work was printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris in 1925 in a small edition of only 50 impressions. There were a further 10 artists' proofs.
Odalisques were the most popular subject of Matisse's Nice period, during the 1920s. They appear in diverse poses: reclining, lounging, seated, or standing, frequently with their arms raised or folded behind the head. Dressed or semi-dressed in exotic attire, they are placed against a decorative background of richly patterned fabrics and oriental rugs and surrounded by oriental accoutrements. Matisse's primary model for these depictions, from 1920 to 1927, was Henriette Darricarrière (born 1901), a young woman skilled in the arts of ballet, piano, violin, and painting who lived near Matisse's studio.
The model's sculpturesque body, languorously stretching on the couch, exudes sensuality and carnality. The mood of "luxe, calme et volupté" is clearly palpable. Yet, contemplating the work, one gets the impression that the artist somehow distanced himself from the erotic content of the picture while leaving the excitement of recognition to the viewer.
The theme of odalisques during Matisse's Nice period is central not only to his prints, but also to his paintings, sculptures and drawings.
Literature: Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisone de L'oeuvre grav'e, Claude Duthuit, Paris,1983.
Reference: Duthuit 465

ART KARLSRUHE 8-11 March 2012

We are delighted to invite all you to Art Karlsruhe 2012. This is a leading Art fair in Germany, whose focus is Classical Modern and Contemporary Art.

We are going to exhibit there for the 2nd time this year, presenting THREE EXHIBITIONS at stand U08, Hall 1:

- Our collection of Modern Masters, including several important new acquisitions by Chagall, Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Braque, Ernst, Matisse, Bacon, Giacometti, Vlaminck and Kandinsky;

- A solo show with important works by the leading Israeli contemporary artist Jacob Gildor. The exhibition will focus on the theme of the introvert figure which has been central in his works since the early 90s;
- a rare collection of early 20th Century avant-garde masterpieces by the Hungarian artists Béla Kádár and Hugo Scheiber.
       
 

We will be exhibiting at the London Art Fair from the 18th to the 22nd January 2012, stand G16.
More info at:
http://www.londonartfair.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=589/loadSearch=3095_1341

 

 MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985

 Little Peasants II, 1968

Henry Moore and Jacob Gildor
Opening 26th and 27th October 2011 5.30 - 9.30 pm

We are delighted to announce our current exhibition which combines a collection of rare proofs by Henry Moore and selection of fine etchings and aquatints by Jacob Gildor.

Come and visit us to enjoy our new show in Hampstead!

More information here: Henry Moore and Jacob Gildor Exhibition

Daniela, Emmanuelle and Ofer