Dorothy Braude Edinburgh made one of the most generous donation in the history of the Art Institute of Chicago - nearly 1,000 works, including 613 prints and 150 drawings by masters such as John Constable, Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, etc.

Edgar Degas A plowed field and trees
Around 1892. The work presented Dorothy Braude Edinburgh Art Institute of Chicago
Source: artdaily.com

Dorothy Braude Edinburgh (Dorothy Braude Edinburg) from Massachusetts made one of the most generous donation in the history of the Art Institute of Chicago, giving him the collection, which was started by her parents yet. As part of the meeting, with nearly 1,000 works, The Art Institute received 613 prints and 150 drawings by European artists - from the old masters to John Constable, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Juan Gris, Wassily Kandinsky , Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse, Kurt Schwitters and Pablo Picasso.

One of the most important works is the" Coronation of the Virgin "(c. 1570) by Federico Zuccaro. This work family Edinburgh purchased at an auction of works from the collection of the Dukes of Devonshire in 1984, and today it is the most significant work of Zuccaro in North American collections. It is also interesting works include charcoal drawing "Foresters" (1860) by Gustave Courbet, the early pastel by Camille Pissarro "At the Window, rue des Trois Freres" (1878), early sketches of Manet and Cézanne, seven drawings and pastels by Degas, family portrait of Otto Dix (circa 1923), and "Sketch for Composition" by Piet Mondrian (1940/41).

Along with European paintings and engravings, Dorothy Braude Edinburgh donated 45 old Japanese books, 88 Chinese and 15 Korean porcelain and ceramic products, including two Chinese celadon (ceramic vessel covered with a special light-green glaze) related to the XII - XIII centuries.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru