Norton Simon Museum

Past Presentation: Vincent van Gogh

oil painting of man from shoulders up in green coat and yellow hat with blue background
Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)
October 30, 2012 to January 20, 2013

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) painted his Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier) in August 1888 during a highly productive fifteen-month stay in Arles in southern France. The opportunity to display this work in New York was the result of a special exchange program between the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, and The Frick Collection and marked the first time in forty years that the painting had left its home institution.

Past Exhibition: Masterpieces from the Norton Simon Museum

oil painting of lemons, oranges, and cup on a table against black background
Masterpieces of European Painting from the Norton Simon Museum
February 10, 2009 to May 10, 2009

The Frick Collection presented a selection of five masterpieces of European painting from the highly acclaimed Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California. The exhibition, on view in the Oval Room from February 10 through May 10, 2009, afforded New York and East Coast audiences the occasion to see superb masterworks from the collections of the Norton Simon Art Foundation and The Norton Simon Foundation, a very special opportunity as both institutions generally do not allow their works to travel.

"The Painting from the Canvas Up," Van Gogh's 'Portrait of a Peasant' from the Norton Simon

Link to video about 'Van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)' from the Norton Simon Museum

Before its presentation at The Frick Collection for the exhibition, Van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier) traveled from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, where it was examined by a team of paintings conservators. The results of this close look at the painting and the details it revealed about the artist's technique are presented in this video, which is also accessible in the Frick's Media Room through January 20, 2013.

'Masterpieces of European Painting from the Norton Simon Museum'

Link to introductory exhibition video for Masterpieces of European Painting from the Norton Simon Museum

The Frick Collection was pleased to present a selection of five masterpieces of European painting from the highly acclaimed Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California that was on view in the Oval Room from February 10 through May 10, 2009. Colin B. Bailey, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection introduces this exhibition.

Colin B. Bailey: Jacopo Bassano, "The Flight into Egypt"

Link to video of Colin B. Bailey discussing Bassano's 'The Flight into Egypt'

The Frick Collection was pleased to present a selection of five masterpieces of European painting from the highly acclaimed Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California thta was on view in the Oval Room from February 10 through May 10, 2009. Colin B. Bailey, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection discusses this exhibition.

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