Guggenheim Jeune
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Guggenheim Jeune was an influential modern art gallery in London founded by collector Peggy Guggenheim in the late 1930s, known for exhibiting avant-garde European and American artists.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art gallery
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defunct art gallery ⓘ modern art gallery ⓘ |
| advisor | Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artDirector | Marcel Duchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureDate | June 1939 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1939 ⓘ |
| exhibitedArtist |
Alexander Calder
NERFINISHED
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Antoine Pevsner NERFINISHED ⓘ Clyfford Still NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Arp NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ John Tunnard NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Schwitters NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Rothko NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Penrose NERFINISHED ⓘ Wassily Kandinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Yves Tanguy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
American modern art
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European modern art ⓘ avant-garde art ⓘ |
| followedBy | Art of This Century gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Peggy Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Peggy Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | modern art ⓘ |
| hasType | commercial gallery ⓘ |
| inception | 1938 ⓘ |
| industry | art exhibition ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
London
NERFINISHED
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Mayfair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstraction
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Constructivism NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Peggy Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exhibiting avant-garde European and American artists
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promoting modern art in London in the late 1930s ⓘ |
| openingDate | January 1938 ⓘ |
| operatedIn | pre–World War II London art scene ⓘ |
| owner | Peggy Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Peggy Guggenheim’s private collecting activities ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure |
Peggy Guggenheim’s decision to move to Paris and later New York
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outbreak of World War II ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
early London exhibitions of Surrealist and abstract artists
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first London solo exhibition of Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 30 Cork Street ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
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