The Courtauld Gallery Receives Major Gift of 20th-Century Drawings Including Works by Cézanne and Twombly
The Courtauld Gallery has received a gift of 20th-century drawings and watercolors that addresses gaps in its representation of draughtsmanship. The works include watercolors by Cézanne and drawings by Cy Twombly, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys and Louis Soutter. Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen, head of the Courtauld Gallery, said the donation supplies a new chapter for a collection of 7,000 drawings that already features works by Leonardo, Rembrandt and Rubens.
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The gift positions drawing as an autonomous form of self-expression rather than preparatory study. It supplies a foundation for future acquisitions, exhibitions and loans at an institution already active in those areas. The addition of expressive and boundary-pushing pieces by both well-known and lesser-known artists strengthens the gallery's holdings in a period previously underrepresented.
- Artists: Cy Twombly, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Paul Cézanne, Louis Soutter
- People: Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen
- Galleries: Courtauld Gallery
- Locations: London
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