Justin
K. Thannhauser was the son of renowned art dealer Heinrich Thannhauser,
who founded the Galerie Moderne in Munich in 1909. From an early age,
Thannhauser worked with his father to build impressive exhibitions of
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works as well as the art of the
contemporary French and German avant-gardes. The Thannhausers’
commitment to promoting artistic progress paralleled the vision of
Solomon R. Guggenheim. In recognition of this shared spirit, Justin
Thannhauser bequested a significant portion of his art
collection—including masterpieces by Cézanne, Gauguin, Manet, Monet,
Picasso, Pissarro, Renoir, and Van Gogh—to the Guggenheim Museum, where
it is on view in a dedicated gallery.
Edouard Manet
Before the Mirror, 1876
Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 28 1/8 inches
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Thannhauser Collection. Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978
© All rights reserved
Paul
Gauguin, Haere Mai, 1891. Oil on burlap. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser.
Woman
with Yellow Hair (Femme aux cheveux jaunes), Paris, December 1931. Oil
on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 inches (100 x 81 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, New York,Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser
78.2514.59. © 2009 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society
(ARS), New York
Edgar
Degas, Dancers in Green and Yellow, c. 1903. Pastel and charcoal on
several pieces of tracing paper, mounted on board. Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift of Justin K.
Thannhauser, 1978
Paul
Cézanne, Fiasque, verre et poterie, ca. 1877. Huile sur toile, 45,7 x
55,4 cm. Collection Thannhauser, Donation, Justin K. Thannhauser.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
