Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). La Maison de la Crau (The Old Mill), 1888. Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (64.8 x 54 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966.

MILWAUKEE – Beginning June 18, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present, Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels, an exclusive touring exhibition that will showcase nearly 70 masterpieces from some of the most famous artists of the 20th century.

The exhibition brings together paintings and sculpture by 68   artists who shaped the course of modern art. The collection is   drawn from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York – which has one of the most respected collections of 20th century art in the country – and includes work by Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Andy Warhol, as well as one of Jackson Pollock’s finest drip paintings. 

Camille Pissarro, Peasants in the Fields, Eragny, 1890. Oil On Canvas, 34 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 4 1/2 in., 87 x 102.9 x 11.4 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Gift of A. Conger Goodyear, 1940.

“Van Gogh to Pollock will be a visually powerful, experiential journey for any art enthusiast,” said Brady Roberts, chief curator for the Milwaukee Art Museum. “This is the best chance most people will have to see key works of Post-Impressionism to Pop Art, many of which have not toured in decades.” 

“These modern art all-stars were rebelling against the academic norm.They took risks and challenged the art world status quo,” said Roberts. “They were innovators responding to the world around them, and the results are compelling.” 

Paul Gauguin, Spirit of the Dead Watching, 1892. Oil On Burlap Mounted On Canvas, 45 11/16 x 53 x 5 1/4 in., 116.05 x 134.62 x 13.34 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, A. Conger Goodyear Collection, 1965.

Van Gogh to Pollock unfolds chronologically, beginning with Post-Impressionism, and explores the radical innovators of the modern era—and the art that changed how we see the world. Cubism provided multiple views simultaneously; Surrealism sought to give the unconscious mind conscious form. With the Abstract Expressionists, New York took the reign from Paris as the Western art capital, and the artists of Pop Art called attention to the new culture of consumerism, appropriating its everyday imagery and products. This great collection allows visitors to see a rich, comprehensive snapshot of art making as a series of rebellions.

With the museum’s annual Lakefront Festival of Art (LFOA) scheduled June 19–21, the opening weekend of the exhibition, visitors will be offered two different art experiences for one ticket – LFOA and Van Gogh to Pollock. LFAO tickets are $17 for general admission, $14 for students and seniors, and $10 for Museum Members. Tickets can be purchased in advance at area businesses or online at mam.org/lfoa. 

Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels will be on view through Sunday, September 20.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). La Toilette, 1906. Oil on canvas. 59 1/2 x 39 inches (151.1 x 99.1 cm). Collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Fellows for Life Fund, 1926. © 2013 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Rousseau, Flowers in a Vase, 1909. Oil On Canvas, 26 1/2 x 21 5/8 x 3 in., 67.3 x 54.9 x 7.6 cm.  Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1939.

Pablo Picasso, Nude Figure, Late Spring, 1910. Oil On Canvas, 39 x 30 in., 99.1 x 78.1 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. General Purchase Funds, 1954 © Succession Picasso

Giacomo Balla, Dinamismo di un Cane al Guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash), 1912. Oil On Canvas, 37 5/8 x 45 1/2 x 2 5/8 in., 95.57 x 115.57 x 6.67 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear and Gift of George F. Goodyear, 1964 © 2012 Artists Rights Society, New York / SIAE, Rome

Vassily Kandinsky, Fragment 2 for Composition VII, 1913. Oil On Canvas, 45 3/8 x 50 1/8 x 3 in., 115.25 x 127.32 x 7.62 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1947 © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Robert Delaunay, Soleil, Tour, Aéroplane, 1913. Oil On Canvas, overall: 61 3/4 x 61 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches, overall: 156.85 cm x 156.85cm x 8.26 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1964:14.

Amedeo Modigliani, La Jeune bonne, ca. 1918. Oil On Canvas, overall: 68 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 4 inches, overall: 174.6 x 81.9 x 10.16 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1939. RCA1939:6.

Joán Miró, Carnaval d'Arlequin, 1924-25. Oil On Canvas, 36 3/4 x 47 x 3 1/2 in., 93.35 x 119.38 x 8.89 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1940 © 2012 Artists Rights Society, New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Marc Chagall (French, born Russia, 1887–1985). La vie paysanne (Peasant Life), 1925. Oil on canvas. 39 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches (100 x 80 cm). Collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1941. © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Arthur Garfield Dove, Fields of Grain as Seen from Train, 1931. Oil On Canvas, 33 1/4 x 43 1/4 x 4 1/4 in., 84.455 x 109.855 x 10.795 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1958 © the estate of Arthur G. Dove, courtesy Terry Dintenfass, Inc.

Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait with Monkey, 1938. Oil On Masonite, 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/2 in., 49.53 x 39.37 x 3.81 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966 © 2014 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989). The Transparent Simulacrum of the Feigned Image, 1938. Oil on canvas. 28 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (72.4 x 92.1 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966. © 2013 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Henri Matisse, La Musique, 1939. Oil On Canvas, 55 x 55 x 4 in., 139.7 x 10.16 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1940 © 2011 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society, New York

Jackson Pollock, Convergence, 1952.Oil On Canvas, 95 1/4 x 157 1/8 x 2 7/8 in., 241.94 x 399.10 x 7.30 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1956 © 2014 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Mark Rothko, Orange and Yellow, 1956. Oil On Canvas, 93 1/2 x 73 1/2 x 2 3/4 in, 237.5 x 186.7 x 7 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1956. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Clyfford Still (American, 1904–1980). 1957-D No. 1, 1957. Oil on canvas. Support: 113 x 159 inches (287 x 403.9 cm). Collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1959. © 2013 The Estate of Clyfford Still and The Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.

Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923–1997).  Head—Red and Yellow, 1962. Oil on canvas. 48 x 48 inches (121.9 x 121.9 cm). Collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1962. © 2013 Estate of Roy Lichtenstein.

Helen Frankenthaler, Tutti-Frutti, 1966. Acrylic On Canvas, 116 3/4 x 69 in., 296.545 x 175.26 cm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1976, 1976.008 © 2014 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York