EXHIBITION FACT SHEET Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales ORGANIZERS The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and National Museum Wales. ITINERARY * Columbia Museum of Art , Columbia , SC (March 6 – June 7, 2009 ) Oklahoma City Museum of Art , OK (June 25 – September 20, 2009 ) Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse , NY ( October 8, 2009 – January 3, 2010 ) Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington , D.C. (January 30 – April 25, 2010 ) Albuquerque Museum of Art & History , NM (May 16 – August 8, 2010 ) * As museum schedules are subject to change, please confirm dates before going to press. EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS Drawn exclusively from the bequest of sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies to National Museum Wales, this exhibition features 47 paintings—many of which are rarely exhibited outside of Wales—and 11 important works on paper. It represents the most important names in 19th-century European painting, including masterpieces by Cézanne, Daumier, Manet, Millet, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and van Gogh, among others. ABOUT THE DAVIES SISTERS Gwendoline (1882–1951) and Margaret (1884–1963) Davies were collecting art during a crucial moment in the history of painting, when European art was undergoing a revolution in style, theme, and technique. Welsh sisters who were grandchildren of a wealthy industrialist, their keen eye, sophisticated taste, and ample resources allowed them to assemble one of the most important collections of European art between 1908 and 1922. Their holdings, now a part of National Museum Wales, feature 260 masterworks by major French and British figures in the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist schools. The works chosen for the exhibition celebrate their outstanding collection and also form a lucid narrative of the story of art from Turner to Cézanne. CATALOGUE A major publication providing fresh insight into the story of European art from Turner to Cézanne, the catalogue includes catalogue entries by National Museum Wales curators Bryony Dawkes and Bethany McIntyre and essays by Guest Curator Oliver Fairclough, Keeper of Art, National Museum Wales; Paul Greenhalgh, Director and President of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and Colin B. Bailey, Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, The Frick Collection, New York. Published by the American Federation of Arts in association with Hudson Hills Press, the 176-page volume measures 9 by 10 inches and has 91 color and 12 black-and-white illustrations. Softcover copies may be purchased from the AFA (by AFA members only) for $39. The hardcover edition is available for $60 from Hudson Hills Press, your local bookstore, or one of the presenting museums. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2009, the AFA is a nonprofit institution that organizes art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishes exhibition catalogues, and develops educational materials and programs for children and adults. The AFA's mission is to enrich the public's experience of art and understanding of culture by organizing and touring a diverse offering of exhibitions embracing all aspects of art history. Over the years, millions of visitors in more than 100 museums around the world have experienced more than 1,000 AFA exhibitions. For more information about its exhibitions, publications, artist talks, and online resources, including family guides and podcasts, see www.afaweb.org National Museum Wales National Museum Wales was established by Royal Charter in 1907. Today, the organization runs seven national museums in Wales and is known as Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales. The core objective of Amgueddfa Cymru is the “advancement of the education of the public.” This involves developing, caring for, studying, and sustaining access to Wales 's national collections ranging from art, archaeology, industry, and social history, through to the natural sciences. For more information on National Museum Wales, please visit www.museum.wales.ac.uk . MEDIA CONTACT For information and images, please contact Stacy Bolton Communications at 212.721.5350 or Stacy@stacybolton.com