From Monet to Picasso: The Riley Collection

May 22 - September 19, 2010

Claude Monet, Étretat: Falaise d’amont, gros temps (Étretat: Upper cliffs, rough weather), about 1884-1886, pastel on gray paper, laid down on another sheet, courtesy of Tom and Nan Riley.

Local collectors Tom and Nan Riley have been quietly creating an extraordinary collection of European art of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. With significant but little-known works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissaro, Chagall, Cassatt, Dufy, Matisse, Léger, Mondrian, Miró, Dali, Braque, and Picasso, the Riley Collection has become one of the most significant private collections in the state of Iowa. These European masterworks join works by local artists Grant Wood and Marvin Cone, infusing a bit of American art into the collection. The exhibition shares, for the first time, this extraordinary collection with the public.

This exhibition is sponsored in part by the Momentum Fund of The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.

Do you want to become the next Picasso? Check out this great game called Mr. Picassohead! Then, share your experience on the CRMA's Facebook page or email us a link to your work at info@crma.org. We'd love to see what you've created!

Commentary

Carlie on 01/23/12	One or two to rmeember, that is.
Elizabeth on 06/03/10	My husband just popped in this evening before getting dinner out and simply LOVED seeing this amazing collection--just the right size of so many gems. Thank you, Mr. Tom and Ms. Nan Riley!
Jill Wells on 05/23/10	Like a secrect brought to light. How refreshing to find out such a secrect. I wonder how many other Iowans hold such treasures...I wonder how many Iowans are the treasure themselve being undisocvered artists that will one day be collected and put on display. Art is essential to our lives...may this truth come back to light one day itself as we hear this fact in this exhibit.
Mary Zeran on 05/19/10	I think the Mondrian is so surprising. I am not familiar with his early work....
Amy Belice on 05/19/10	Wonderful!

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