Exhibition of 19th-20th century European avant-garde art with works from Kandinsky, Gauguin, Picasso, Monet, and more, drawn from the Julian and Josie Robertson collection.
The Blanton Museum of Art opened The European Avant-Garde: From Impressionism to Cubism on September 27, and it's staying put for a long haul—it runs through August 5, 2029. That's nearly three years, so there's no rush to fit it into a single weekend.
The exhibition brings together fourteen works from the collection of Julian and Josie Robertson, which the couple had been building since the late 1980s. It's also a tribute to Josephine 'Josie' Tucker Robertson (1943-2010), a San Antonio native and UT Austin alumna who earned her B.A. in Fine Arts in 1965, and her husband Julian H. Robertson Jr. (1932-2022). The two shared a deep commitment to European modern art, and this show is a way of honoring that legacy.
As for what you'll see, the lineup reads like a who's who of the era: Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Henri Fantin-Latour, Paul Gauguin, Wassily Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso. The works trace the arc of the European avant-garde from the late 19th to the early 20th century, starting with Monet's studies of light and atmosphere and moving toward Picasso's breaking-up of form. Between those two poles, you can see how the artists who shaped the key movements of the period pushed painting in entirely new directions.
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It's a slow-burn show, so you can come back to it whenever you like. Admission is included with the museum's general entry, and it's free for members. You'll find it at The Blanton Museum of Art, 200 E. MLK on the UT Austin campus.
