The 20th Century at the Courtauld Institute Gallery

The famous collection of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Courtauld Gallery, London, has been joined since October 2002 by more than 150 works from the 20th century, including outstanding Fauve and German Expressionist paintings. These hitherto little known works, on loan from private collections and foundations, include key paintings from the period 1906-1914 by Matisse, Braque, Derain, Vlaminck, Dufy, Jawlensky, Van Dongen, Macke, Pechstein, and Kandinsky.
Distinguished historians of the period place these new masterpieces in context, creating a new perspective on early 20th-century art emphasizing the Fauve liberation of painterly expression and color rather than Cubism. The Courtauld holdings in this area are now far superior to those of the Tate or any other collection in the UK.
The contributors include Shulamith Behr, Helen Braham, Ann Dumas, Simonetta Fraquelli, John House, Catherine PYtz, and Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen.