Agnes Ernst Meyer

Meyer, Agnes E.

American, 1887 - 1970

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American journalist and art collector (1887-1970)

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Max Weber, Girl with Flowers, c. 1910, gouache on paperboard, Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz, 2001.112.2

Girl with Flowers

Max Weber · c. 1910 · gouache on paperboard ·  Accession ID  2001.112.2

John Marin, Woolworth Building [verso], 1913, watercolor over graphite, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1967.13.11.b

Woolworth Building [verso]

John Marin · 1913 · watercolor over graphite ·  Accession ID  1967.13.11.b

John Marin, Woolworth Building, No. 32 [recto], 1913, watercolor over graphite, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1967.13.11.a

Woolworth Building, No. 32 [recto]

John Marin · 1913 · watercolor over graphite ·  Accession ID  1967.13.11.a

John Marin, Woolworth Building, No. 29, 1912, watercolor, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1967.13.10

Woolworth Building, No. 29

John Marin · 1912 · watercolor ·  Accession ID  1967.13.10

Antoine-Louis Barye, Tiger Surprising an Antelope, model c. 1831, cast after 1855, bronze, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1967.13.2

Tiger Surprising an Antelope

Antoine-Louis Barye · model c. 1831, cast after 1855 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1967.13.2

Paul Cezanne, Vase of Flowers, 1900/1903, oil on canvas, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1958.10.2

Vase of Flowers

Paul Cezanne · 1900/1903 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1958.10.2

We look across a forested ravine painted in deep greens and blues at a terracotta-orange building at the top of a hill at the center of this nearly square, loosely painted landscape. Spring and moss-green trees grow along the ravine in front of us and up the left side of the canvas. Shadows within the densely forested area are painted with slate and royal blue with touches of plum and lavender purple, and the blue continues into the sky in the upper right quadrant of the composition. The sky is visible through the pointed, arched windows on the upper level of the building, giving the impression that it might be incomplete or in ruins. The building is made up of two stories over a protruding base, which could be a fortress-like structure below or a cliff face. Loose, thick brushstrokes are visible throughout.
Paul Cezanne, Château Noir, 1900/1904, oil on canvas, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1958.10.1

Château Noir

Paul Cezanne · 1900/1904 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1958.10.1

About a dozen rust-orange and golden yellow apples and peaches are arranged on a white plate next to white and floral-patterned cloths nestled around a white pitcher and bowl, all on a wood tabletop that tilts toward us in this nearly square still life painting. A curtain patterned with royal blue, olive green, and beige falls along or near the back wall of the room and rests on the table to our left. The white pitcher is painted loosely with the suggestion of harvest-gold and pale lilac-purple flowers, and it sits amid the pooling folds of the curtain to our left. The white tablecloth is bunched under and next to it to our right, at the middle of the composition. The fruit is arranged on and around a white plate next to the tablecloth. A tall bowl with fluted sides and a ruffled, scalloped rim sits behind the fruit, near the right edge of the table. The curving skirt of the table reaches nearly to the bottom edge of the canvas. All the objects in the painting are outlined with dark blue and the shadows are painted with patches of spruce and cobalt blue.
Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Apples and Peaches, c. 1905, oil on canvas, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1959.15.1

Still Life with Apples and Peaches

Paul Cezanne · c. 1905 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1959.15.1

Auguste Rodin, Figure of a Woman "The Sphinx", model early 1880s, carved 1909, marble, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1967.13.6

Figure of a Woman "The Sphinx"

Auguste Rodin · model early 1880s, carved 1909 · marble ·  Accession ID  1967.13.6

Constantin Brâncuși, Agnes E. Meyer, 1929, marble, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, 1967.13.4

Agnes E. Meyer

Constantin Brâncuși · 1929 · marble ·  Accession ID  1967.13.4

Bibliography

1944

  • Meyer, Agnes E. Journey Through Chaos. New York, 1944.

1953

  • Meyer, Agnes E. Out of These Roots, The Autobiography of an American Woman. Boston, 1953.

1970

  • "Mrs. Agnes Meyer Dies at 83; Writer Active in Social Causes." The New York Times 2 September 1970 [obituary]

1980

  • Hyland, Douglas K.S. "Agnes Ernst Meyer, Patron of American Modernism." The American Art Journal 12, no. 1 (Winter 1980): 64+.