Two shy Welsh sisters, with immaculate taste in Art created one of the most beautiful and relevant collections of Art in the 20th century. From a wealthy background the sisters bought their first French painting in 1925, Henri Matisse’s Plumed Hat , for $2,000 in New York. Matisse’s reputation was not yet fully established, and it was a daring, avant-garde purchase. Maud Dale had a liking for the recently deceased Modigliani, and began buying his works in 1927. The Dales went on to own 21 of Modigliani’s works, probably the finest selection in the world
Some described the sisters as 'cripplingly shy'. Over the decades of their lives they assembled a fine collection from the Barbizon, Impressionist and post-Impressionist schools. 53 works ranging from Turner to Cézanne have been loaned by the National Museum of Wales to the Corcoran Gallery, near the White House in Washington.
Other Painting in their Collection:
Claude Monet, Palazzo da Mula, Venice (1908); Amedeo Modigliani, Gypsy Woman with Baby (1919); Fernand Léger, Maud Dale (1935); Salvador Dalí, Chester Dale (1958); Pablo Picasso, The Lovers (1923), all from the Chester Dale collection; Pierre-Auguste Renoir, La Parisienne (1874); Paul Cezanne, The François Zola Dam (1877-78), both from the National Museum of Wales; Miss Gwendoline E Davies Bequest, 1931. Courtesy American Federation of Arts
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