In Dialogue: Look, Paint, Repeat: Variations in the Art of Pierre Daura
Thursday, Feb 04, 2021 — Sunday, May 23, 2021
Four hundred miles south of Paris lies Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, a medieval settlement perched on top limestone cliffs. The village was a source of constant inspiration to many artists, including Pierre Daura and famous poet André Breton. This exhibition uses our recent acquisition of Daura’s “View of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie” to highlight how the artist depicted certain subjects over and over again.
“In Dialogue” is a series of installations in which the Georgia Museum of Art’s curators create focused, innovative conversations around a single work of art from the permanent collection. The series brings these familiar works to life by placing them in dialogue with works of art by influential peers, related sketches and studies or even objects from later periods.
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Pierre Daura (American, b. Spain, 1896 – 1976), “Church and Presbytery, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie,” ca. 1955 – 71. Oil on canvas, 32 × 25 1/4 inches. Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. H2003.38.get_appDownload File -
Pierre Daura (American, b. Spain, 1896 – 1976), “Church, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie,” ca. 1955 – 60. Oil on canvas, 31 15/16 × 25 13/16 inches. University of Michigan Museum of Art; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura, 2001/2.86get_appDownload File -
Pierre Daura (American, b. Spain, 1896 – 1976), “Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (Lot). L’église vue du cimetière” (Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. The church seen from the cemetery), 1930 – 39. Oil on canvas, 31 1/4 × 20 1/2 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Pierre Daura Foundation. GMOA 2019.81.get_appDownload File -
Pierre Daura (American, b. Spain 1896 – 1976), “André Breton House from Daura's Window, St. Cirq #4,” 1955 – 70. Watercolor on off-white paper, 10 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Martha R. Daura, 2000.207.get_appDownload File -
Pierre Daura (American, b. Spain 1896 – 1976), “André Breton House from Daura's Window, St. Cirq #3,” 1955 – 70. Watercolor on off-white paper, 10 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Martha R. Daura, 2000.206.get_appDownload File -
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Curator
Nelda Damiano, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art
Galleries
Marilyn Overstreet Nalley Gallery North
