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1 French paintings from the Molyneux collection [exhibition] June 24- September 7, 1952 Author Molyneux, Edward H Date 1952 Publisher The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition URL The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition history from our founding in 1929 to the present is available online. It includes exhibition catalogues, primary documents, installation views, and an index of participating artists. MoMA 2016 The Museum of Modern Art

2 French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection MoMA

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4 French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection June 25 - September 7, 1952 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN NEW YORK ART

$/V\ o AAA 5 ) A A A TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART JOHN HAY WHITNEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD; HENRY ALLEN AIOE, 1ST VICE-CHAIRMAN; PHILIP L. GOODWIN, 2ND VICE- CHAIRMAN; NELSON A.$

5 /V\ o AAA 5 ) A A A TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART JOHN HAY WHITNEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD; HENRY ALLEN AIOE, 1ST VICE-CHAIRMAN; PHILIP L. GOODWIN, 2ND VICE- CHAIRMAN; NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, PRESIDENT; MRS. DAVID M. LEVY, 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT; ALFRED H. BARR, JR., MRS. ROBERT WOODS BLISS, WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN, STEPHEN C. CLARK, RENE d'harnoncourt, MRS. EDSEL B. FORD, A. CONGER GOODYEAR, MRS. SIMON GUGGENHEIM, WALLACE K. HARRISON, JAMES W. HUSTED, MRS. ALBERT I). LASKER, MRS. HENRY R. LUCE, RANALD H. MACDONALD, MRS. G. MACCULLOCH MILLER, WILLIAM S. PALEY, MRS. E. B. PARKINSON, MRS. CHARLES S. PAYSON, ANDREW CARNDUFF RITCHIE, DAVID ROCKEFELLER, BEARDSLEY RUML, JOHN L. SENIOR, JR., JAMES THRALL SOBY, EDWARD M. M. WARBURG, MONROE WHEELER HONORARY TRUSTEES FREDERIC CLAY BARTLETT, AIRS. W. MURRAY CRANE, DUNCAN PHILLIPS, PAUL J. SACHS, MRS. JOHN S. SHEPPARD

6 this spring captain molyneux's distinguished col lection of paintings was shown in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. The exhibition there was extra ordinarily popular and many New Yorkers expressed a wish to see it here. Captain Molyneux was approached and graciously consented to our request to show his paintings during the summer in the Museum of Modern Art. On behalf of the President and Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art I wish to thank him for his kindness in mak ing his collection available to a wider public. Chosen with exquisite care, it clearly proves that the quality of a paint ing is not dependent upon its size. Captain Molyneux's paintings are of a scale particularly appropriate for an apartment. I hope this demonstration of fitness and de light in a collection may influence others to make acquisi tions with equal pleasure and discrimination. For their cooperation in connection with this exhibi tion, we wish also to thank Mrs. Gardner Cowles, Mr. David E. Finley, Director of the National Gallery of Art, Mr. John Walker, Chief Curator, and Captain Molyneux's associate, Baron de Cramer. Andrew Carnduff Ritchie Director, Department of Painting and Scidpture The Museum of Modern Art, Neiv York

THE CHARM AND THE SPECIFIC CHARACTER of the Molyneux Collection lie not only in the exceptional quality of the paintings assembled by this famous Parisian per sonality, but to an even greater extent

7 THE CHARM AND THE SPECIFIC CHARACTER of the Molyneux Collection lie not only in the exceptional quality of the paintings assembled by this famous Parisian per sonality, but to an even greater extent in the unusual unity of his collection as a whole. This is not just a series of fine pictures assembled over a period of years, it is a group to which each individual canvas contributes a new note per fectly in key with the rest. While these paintings have been gathered with great patience and discernment, it is love above all which presided over their final rendezvous on the walls of Captain Molyneux's enchanting apartment overlooking Paris. Instead of selecting large and imposing masterpieces, Molyneux has concentrated his attention on small canvases in which spontaneity is unbridled and where the painter seems to abandon himself exclusively to his own pleasure. There is an intimacy in these paintings and a quiet loveliness seldom attained in more ambitious works. Even the bitter genius of a Lautrec is represented here by an exquisite little picture. Indeed, exquisiteness seems to be the leitmotiv of the entire collection. The impressionists are shown in their most subtle aspects (particularly Berthe Morisot), and Bonnard and Vuillard were never better than in the canvases here assembled. As to the living Rouault, Utrillo, Dufy, and Matisse, each painter has contributed works of an exceptional mood and beauty. If they are not large in size, the paintings of the Moly neux collection are nonetheless outstanding in quality, each one of them a happy expression of wonderful visual discov eries. Leaving the full power of big orchestras to museums, Captain Molyneux, a painter himself, has surrounded his daily life with the loveliest chamber music created during the last hundred years. John Reward

OCCASIONALLY WE SEE A COLLECTION ill which each work of art has been chosen because it has so touched the heart that the desire for possession has been irresistible.

8 OCCASIONALLY WE SEE A COLLECTION ill which each work of art has been chosen because it has so touched the heart that the desire for possession has been irresistible. The group of French paintings which Captain Molyneux has generously lent to the National Gallery is such a col lection. Looking at it one senses immediately the love that has gone into its assembling. In each painting there is the reflection of that often long and always passionate search for the particular piece of canvas or paper, some times only a scrap of either, which has especially stimulated the eye, or enchanted the fancy, or challenged the mind of the collector. Many pictures in the last hundred years have been painted for the public approval of salons and museums; fewer have been created for the intimate communion of private rooms. Captain Molyneux has avoided official pictures, which one finds even in the work of artists un popular with officials. Seeking, instead, the personal flash of inspiration, he has found works of unexpected and spon taneous beauty. He has been especially attracted to paint ings which convey with romantic intensity the deliciousness of life before the first World War. This exhibition is in a way, therefore, a nostalgic tribute to a vanished world, a world nowhere more vividly recorded than in the canvases of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters. John Walker Chief Curator The National Gallery of Art Washington, D. C.

List of Paintings PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947) Two Dogs. 1895 Madame Claude Terrasse and Her Children. 1898 Children Leaving School Boulevard des Batignolles.

9 List of Paintings PIERRE BONNARD ( ) Two Dogs Madame Claude Terrasse and Her Children Children Leaving School Boulevard des Batignolles EUGENE BOUDIN ( ) On the Jetty The Beach Berck Loading the Boats Sunshades, Trouville Seascape Women at Trouville Women at Trouville Beach at Deauville PAUL CEZANNE ( ) The Small Bridge J. B. C. COROT ( ) River Scene with Bridge. Seascape Arromanches 1S34 EDGAR DEGAS ( ) Madame Rene de Gas Race Horses Ballet Dancers

RAOUL DUFY (lsso- ) Regatta at Le Havre PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903) Still Life. 1891 S. V. E.

10 RAOUL DUFY (lsso- ) Regatta at Le Havre PAUL GAUGUIN ( ) Still Life S. V. E. LUPINE ( ) Woman in the Woods The Seine at Notre Dame UDOUARD MANET ( ) Portrait of Madame Stanislas Lepine Still Life of Flowers The Bon Bock Cafe HENRI MATISSE (1869- ) Still Life Landscape River Scene CLAUDE MONET ( ) Portrait of Madame Monet and Bazille BERTHE MORISOT ( ) The Harbor of Lorient Portrait of the Artist's Sister Portrait of Madame de Pontillon Portrait of Madame de Pontillon and Her Daughter

PABLO PICASSO (1881- ) Self-Portrait CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903) Route de Louvciennes. 1872 PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Landscape at Vetheuil. I860 Woman in a Park. 1868 Woman in a Park.

11 PABLO PICASSO (1881- ) Self-Portrait CAMILLE PISSARRO ( ) Route de Louvciennes PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR ( ) Landscape at Vetheuil. I860 Woman in a Park Woman in a Park Woman in a Landscape Nude The Blue River Head of a Dog f "Red Head" Portrait of Mile. Samary Woman and Two Children in a Field Portrait of Madame Monet and Her Son Regatta at Argenteuil Portrait of Georges Riviere Landscape between Storms White Houses at Cagnes Young Girl Reading Head of a Child Head of a Child GEORGES ROUAULT (mi- ) The Virgin and Child Christ and the Doctor ANDRE DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (1884- ) Still Life with Oranges

GEORGES SEURAT (1859-1891) Study for "La Grande Jatte" ALFRED SISLEY (1839-1899) Route a St. Germain. 1872 HENRI I)E TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) Carmen.

12 GEORGES SEURAT ( ) Study for "La Grande Jatte" ALFRED SISLEY ( ) Route a St. Germain HENRI I)E TOULOUSE-LAUTREC ( ) Carmen The Artist's Dog Fleche MAURICE UTRILLO (1883- ) Landscape with Houses Landscape with Houses Landscape Houses Under a Cliff VINCENT VAN GOGH ( ) Farmhouse in Provence MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (1876- River Scene with Bridge EDOUARD VUILLARD ( ) Woman Sitting by Fireside The Yellow Curtains Breakfast Man with Child Wearing Red Scarf Woman at Her Toilette Conversation Piece Woman in Bed

14 Portrait of Madame Monet and Bazille CLAUDE MONET ( )

16 ' Portrait of the Artist's Sister BERTHE MORISOT ( )

19 H. K. PRESS WASHINGTON

MoMA. Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) The Museum of Modern Art. Author. Date. Publisher.

MoMA. Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) The Museum of Modern Art. Author. Date. Publisher. Forty paintings from the Edward G. Robinson collection, March 4-April 12, 1953 Author Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Date 1953 Publisher The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition URL www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3301