Reclaimed: Paintings From The Collection Of Jacques Goudstikker October 29, 2010

ART EXHIBITION

OLD MASTERS COME TO DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO AS THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM PRESENTS

RECLAIMED:
PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACQUES GOUDSTIKKER

The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents an exhibition of rarely seen Old Master paintings entitled Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker. Reclaimed reveals the extraordinary legacy of Jacques Goudstikker, a preeminent Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, whose vast collection of masterpieces fell victim, and was almost lost forever, to the Nazi practice of looting cultural properties during World War II. The Goudstikker Gallery, located in a grand house on one of Amsterdam’s prominent canals, dealt primarily in Dutch Old Masters from the Golden Age, yet also offered other Northern European and Italian paintings.

In 2006, after years of working with a team of art historians and legal experts, Goudstikker’s family successfully reclaimed 200 of his paintings from the Dutch government – one of the largest claims to Nazi-looted art ever resolved. Featuring nearly 45 of the finest examples of the recovered art including Jan Wellens de Cock’s Temptation of Saint Anthony, Winter Landscape with Skaters by Jan van Goyen, Hieronymus Galle’s Still Life with Flowers in a Vase and Ferdinand Bol’s Louise-Marie Gonzaga de Nevers as well as original documents and photographs, the exhibition reveals Goudstikker’s influence as a collector, art dealer, tastemaker and impresario; and celebrates the historic restitution of the artworks to the rightful heir.

The Contemporary Jewish Museum is the only West Coast venue for the exhibition and will be its final showing.

Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker was created by the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut. The traveling exhibition was organized by The Jewish Museum, New York. Made possible by Thomas S. Kaplan; the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; and Herrick, Feinstein LLP.

The San Francisco presentation is generously supported by U.S. Trust / Bank of America.
The Koret and Taube Foundations are the lead supporters of the 2010/2011 exhibition season.

WHAT:
Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker – The only West Coast showing of nearly 45 Old Master paintings from the collection of Jacques Goudstikker, a preeminent Dutch Jewish art dealer whose collection was almost lost forever as a result of Nazi looting

WHEN:
October 29, 2010 – March 29, 2011

TIME:
Open daily (except Wed.) 11 AM- 5:00 PM and Thursday, 1 PM – 8:00 PM

WHERE:
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street
San Francisco

ADMISSION:
$10.00 General Admission
$8.00 Students (with a valid ID) and Seniors (65+)
$5 on Thursdays after 5 PM.
Members and Youth (18 and under) are FREE.
INFO:
www.thecjm.org or call 415.655.7800

Official Website: http://thecjm.org