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THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM FINE ARTS
French Art in Golden Gate Park
The de Young Museum,
located in Golden Gate Park is one of the branches of the San Francisco
Fine Arts Museums. Named for its endower, newspaper
publisher M.H. de Young, the art museum first opened in 1895 in connection
with the California Exposition of 1894. After the original museum building
near the Japanese Tea Garden and across from the California Science Museum
was heavily damaged in the Loma Prieta Earthquake, the museum was reopened
in 2005 with a copper clad ultramodern design by Herzog & de Meuron,
recognized by its distinctive inverted pyramid among the palm trees to
serve as the showcase for American art beginning in the 17th and the
first years of American discovery through to the 21st century, featuring
international textile arts and costumes as well as paintings, sculptures,
glass and art from the all the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa.
From May 2010 to January
2011, as the Musee D’Orsay in Paris is
undergoing its own renovation, in anticipation of its anniversary in
2011, much of the collection will be on display at the De Young in two
successive shows, each exhibition including about 100 of the most recognized
works of the French Impressionists. First The
Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay,
running from May to September, will present the story of the early
formative years of the
Impressionist movement or Monat and Manet, Pissaro, Seurat, Degas and
Renoir, when a new form of art was being created in the stduios of
Paris.
The second
phase from September to January is Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and
Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay featuring the masterpieces of the later art world titans who took impressionism
to a level beyond and in their own directions. The De Young Museum
will
be only museum in the United States to host both shows. According to
John E. Buchanan, director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, "These
two exhibitions present a rare and unique opportunity for Americans
to see the evolution and incubation of the Impressionist style from
the
collection of the most important repository of French 19th and early
20th century art — the Musée d’Orsay," And
it is unlikely these works will be seen again outside of Paris in a
large
group for a long time to come.
General Admission
to the De Young Museum is $10 for Adults, $7 for Seniors and $6 for
Students. Tickets for the Impressionists and other special
exhibits are $25 for Adults, $22 Seniors and $17 Students, Children 6-17
are $15, with a discount for advance purchase. Every Thursday evening
through September 2nd, "Impressionism at Twilight" offers reduced
admission, a French Menu in the Cafe and the Observation Deck on the
9th floor atop the pyramid. Also through September 5th, admission to
the Birth of Impressionism includes the companion exhibit at the Legion
of Honor Impressionist Paris: City of Light. There is a parking
garage underneath the De Young museum or some street parking can be found
just outside the Golden Gate Park entrance on the Fulton Street side,
but double check the signs. © Bargain
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