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The “Van Gogh to Picasso: Impressionist and Modern Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art” is on display at the Seoul Arts Center (Hangaram Art Museum), Seoul, South Korea from December 22, 2006 to March 28, 2007. This exhibition is part of the series of Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) which began in Beijing, China in March 2006, and traveled to Tokyo Japan in September 2006. The Korean leg comprises exhibits at Seoul Art Center to be followed from April 7, 2007 to May 20, 2007 at Seoul Olympic Museum.

It is an opportunity for the Koreans to view selected works of modern European masters from the 19th and 20th century. The masterpieces that include sculpture, paintings and works on paper, are divided into groups: “The Impressionist Epoch”, “Post-Impressionism”, “Early Modernist Sculpture”, and “The Age of Avant-Gardes”.

Some of these finest works include: Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s (French, 1841–1919) Romaine Lacaux (1864); The Red Kerchief: Portrait of Mme. Monet (1868–70); Berthe Morisot’s (French, 1841–1895) Reading (1873); Auguste Rodin’s (French, 1840–1917) Heroic Head of Pierre de Wiessant, One of the Burghers of Calais (1886); Vincent van Gogh’s (Dutch, 1853–1890); Paul Gauguin’s (French, 1848–1903) In the Waves (1889); Paul Cézanne’s (French, 1839–1906); Pablo Picasso’s (Spanish, 1881–1973) Bottle, Glass, and Fork (1911 12); Amedeo Modigliani’s (Italian, 1884–1920) Portrait of a Woman (c. 1917–18); Henri Matisse’s (French, 1869–1954) Festival of Flowers, Nice (1923); Edgar Degas’ (French, 1834-1917) In the Salon; and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s (French, 1864-1901) May Milton.

One of the finer art galleries, Aaron Galleries is located at the Oak Street, Chicago, Illinois. Some of the finest paintings of the 19th and 20th century American paintings and prints can be found here. Artists whose paintings are generally portrayed are Beauford and Joseph Delaney, Dale Nichols, Grant Wood, Hart Benton, Herman Menzel, Louis Lozowick, Martin Lewis, Perle Fine, Reginald Marsh, Rockwell Kent, Thomas Hart Benton,  Werner Drewes, and others. 

Works expected to be found here include portraits, historical landscape paintings (America), still life, modern art, and abstract art. Works of African-American Masters too are exhibited since 2000. An extensive research library on American arts is another feature of their services. Collections include paintings that can be invested in for future gains.

Being members of the Chicago Art Dealers Association (CADA) and the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA), Aaaron Galleries maintains very high professional standards.