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Great Works From Galka Scheyer’s Art Collection On Display In Pasadena

On April 7th, a new exhibition is opening at the Norton Simon Museum in sunny (I’m assuming) Pasadena that has Sisterhood written all over it. “Maven of Modernism: Galka Scheyer in California”, curated by Gloria Williams Sander, will showcase European modernist art in the context of the Jewish “trailblazing impresario” who brought their works to Californian viewers. According to the exhibition press release, “Scheyer was born Emilie Esther Scheyer in Braunschweig, Germany, in 1889, to a middle-class Jewish family,” and in her work as an art dealer was “responsible for the art phenomenon the ‘Blue Four’ — Lyonel Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky, Paul Klee and Vasily Kandinsky.” Impressive! Seems like a compelling art exhibit, and Scheyer herself sounds like a fascinating woman.

Phoebe Maltz Bovy edits the Sisterhood, and can be reached at [email protected]. She is the author of “The Perils Of ‘Privilege’”, from St. Martin’s Press. Follow her on Twitter, @tweetertation

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