The Dallas Museum Of Art Announces Gift Of Three Major European Works

Today the Dallas Museum of Art announced the gift of three major works of European art, including a rare 17th century masterpiece by Jacques Blanchard and significant works by modern masters Piet Mondrian and Pierre Bonnard. The works reflect the extraordinary generosity of Dallas collectors and their dedication to expanding the Museum's collection in meaningful ways. They include:

Zeus and Semele (1632) by Jacques Blanchard: Zeus and Semele was reattributed to Blanchard in 2014 by leading experts based primarily on its close relationship to Blanchard's Danae in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. After its reattribution, the painting, whose subject is taken from the Greek mythological story of Semele, a princess of Thebes, and the love affair she had with Zeus, underwent conservation treatment at the DMA in 2015.

Farm Near Duivendrecht (recto) and The Sea (Ocean 2) (verso) (c. 1905-1914) by Piet Mondrian: This large double-sided drawing, Farm Near Duivendrecht (recto) and The Sea (Ocean 2) (verso), is the eleventh work of art by this incredibly influential artist of European modernism to enter the DMA's collection.

Woman with a Lamp (1909) by Pierre Bonnard: Woman with a Lamp is the first work to enter the DMA's collection from the artist's fascinating period when he began departing from the Nabis style. Bonnard was a founding member of the Nabis, a group of Post-Impressionist French artists active from 1888 to 1900, whose works are characterized by greatly simplified flattened forms and broad patches of solid color.