Solomon R. Guggenheim, the founder of the museum, was interested mostly in a particular style of abstract art, also known as non-objective art, a manner which rejected the material world, trying to recreate the spiritual, utopian dimension of existance. He collected such wokrs with care and devotion, with the help of Hilla Rebay, herself a real genius of this art. In Guggenheim's collection one could find a large selection Vasily Kandinsky's creations, as well as other abstract artists such as Rudolf Bauer, Robert Delaunay, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and others. But Guggenheim was also interested in the works of other painters, such Marc Chagall, Albert Gleizes, Fernand Leger, Franz Marc, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, managing to find and aquire rare and beautiful compositions.
Nowadays the collection at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has about 620 artworks, donated by Solomon in 1937 - 1949. In order to celebrate 70 years since to formation of the foundation, the Guggenheim Museum will be presenting between April 14th - September 30th 2007 a selection of 65 works from this collection, offering a retrospective of Guggenheim's preferences and ideas.
March 2007
