Artist: Renzo Piano ( - )
Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler - At the Piano 1858-59 oil on canvas Taft Museum of Art American
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Pierre Auguste Renoir - Woman at the Piano 1875-76 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Joan Mitchell - Piano mechanique 1958 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Henri Matisse - The Piano Lesson 1916 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Marcel Gromaire, Piano, 1928
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Jno. Kearsing and Son, Piano, circa 1815
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Firth & Hale, Piano, 1800 - 1850
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Haines Brothers, Square Piano, circa 1860
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Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt, Woman at the Piano, 1906
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A. T. Alex, Playing Piano, 19th century
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Haines Brothers, Square piano stool, circa 1860
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Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, [Woman at a piano with music], 1767
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Gustave Marie Greux, Piano D"Erard, 19th - 20th century
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Anonymous, Elegie for Violin and Piano composed by Saint-SaÎns, 1916
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Anonymous , Barcarole for Violin and Piano composed by Carl Reinecke, 1908
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Anonymous , Madrigal for Violin and Piano forte composed by Johannes Lauterbach, 1915
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William Kes, Romance for Violin and Piano composed by Willem Kes and Henry Heyman , 1873
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Grand Piano, ca 1815-20 Made by Joseph BöhmVienna, AustriaWood, various materials; L. 88 in. (223.4
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James Tissot, Renee Sitting at The Piano Crying, from Renee de Mauperin by E. and J. De Goncourt, Paris, 1884
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Grand Piano, 1720 Made by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731)Florence, ItalyVarious materials; L. of case perpendicular to
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Charles Edouard De Beaumont, Les jolies femmes de Paris - Etude sÈrieuse et au piano de la partition du, 19th century
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Grand Piano, ca. 1790 Made by Ferdinand Hofmann (1756-1829)Vienna, AustriaWood, various other materials; L. 82
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Two Young Girls at the Piano, 1892 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)Oil on canvas; 45 3/4
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Paul Gavarni, "Peti...tefleue...deschamps..., pl. 5 from the series Piano! on page 25 in the book Masques et visages (Paris: Calmann LÈvy, [ca. 1865]), ca. 1865
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Paul Gavarni, "Peti...tefleue...deschamps..., pl. 2 from the series Piano! on page 23 in the book Masques et visages (Paris: Calmann LÈvy, [ca. 1865]), ca. 1865
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HonorÈ Daumier, Un monsieur tenant ý prouver qu"il peut en mÍme temps chanter et toucher du piano. _ce qui est un grand dÈsagrÈment. no. 5 of the series Croquis musicaux, 1852
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Paul Gavarni, *Ma"m"selle chante: nous aurons de l"eau, pl. 8 from the series Piano! on page 29 in the book Masques et visages (Paris: Calmann LÈvy, [ca. 1865]), ca. 1865
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Paul Gavarni, *Je suis comme ce personnaged"Henry Monnier..., pl. 7 from the series Piano! on page 27 in the book Masques et visages (Paris: Calmann LÈvy, [ca. 1865]), ca. 1865
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Barrel Piano, ca. 1860 Made by George HicksBrooklyn, New York, United States of AmericaWood, various
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George Astor & Co., English, 1752-1813 Square piano England, (London), about 1805-10 Mahogany 81.2 x
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In the Meadow, 1888-92 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)Oil on canvas; 32 x 25 3/4 in.
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Grand piano Austria, about 1825 Walnut 27.5 x 116.5 x 223.5 cm (10 13/16 x
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Square Piano, 1853 Made by Robert Nunns and John ClarkNew York, New York, United States
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Zumpe & Buntebart, English, about 1768-1778 Square piano England, (London), 1770 Mahogany 16.4 x 47.1
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John Geib & Son, American, about 1804–? Square piano United States, New York, (New York
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Georges Enesco (with piano) USA,
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Amasa Hewins, American, 1795-1855 Lady Playing the Piano about 1836 Oil on panel 45.72 x
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John Broadwood & Son, English, 1795-1808 Grand piano England, (London), 1796 Satinwood, purpleheart, tulipwood 91.2
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Longman, Lukey & Co., English, 1769-1775 Square piano England, (London), 1770 Mahogany 17.4 x 46.3
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Johann Christian Friedric Grüneberg, German, active in 1814-1832 Workbox piano Germany, (Halle an der Salle),

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: The Architect’s Studio: Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano has founded the Renzo Piano Building Workshops, a sort of international architecture academy where students and experienced architects work together in teams. These architectural studios – located in Paris and Genoa – resemble Renaissa...
Tsuen Wan Town Hall: The Key of Millennium - Sculpture Exhibition of Timothy Chan Kwok Cheong
One of these promising local artists, Timothy Chan Kwok Cheong, will organize his solo exhibition from 11-17, May 2000 at the Exhibition Gallery, Tsuen Wan Tow Hall and from 19 - 26 May at the Exhibition Gallery, Shatin Town Hall in conjunction wi...
Carnegie Museum of Art: The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1979-1999
The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1979-1999 is organized by The Art Institute of Chicago and is made possible by The Hyatt Foundation. ...
Columbus College of Art and Design: Museums for a New Millennium: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
Sketches, drawings and models will be presented with detailed descriptions, making the exhibition a comprehensive history of museum architecture in the last decade of the 20th century. Organized by The Art Centre Basel, the exhibition has been tra...
Unisa Art Gallery: Tribute to Lucky Sibiya
Lucky Sibiya is internationally renowned for his abstract paintings and sculptural carvings. Sibiya's works have been exhibited, and collected locally and globally. His richly carved flowing rhythmic lines and painted wood panels are perha...
Boston College: Pictures for an Exhibition
A concert by an international musical ensemble led by composer Vuk Kulenovic of the former Yugoslavia will open the exhibition on March 17 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature the world premier of Pictures for an Exhibition. Kulenovi...
Australian Department of Communications, Information, Technology and the Arts: Australian FFC Appointments

Producer/Director Mario Andreacchio, producer Jan Chapman, producer Jonathon Shiff and lawyer Gregory Vickery, have been appointed for three years.

'These appointments will add greatly to the depth and experience on the FFC ...
Taft Museum: Etchings and Drypoints of James McNeill Whistler
This exhibition is sponsored by the Oliver Family Foundation. While Whistler’s paintings were often subjected to harsh criticism, his printed work garnered him a reputation as ...
John Stinson Fine Arts: Skip Bolen and Steven Forster: The Jazz Lenses - Photographs of Jazz Musicians in New Orleans
SKIP BOLEN: Shooting primarily in black and white, using only available light with a Leica camera system, Skip Bolen is dedicated to "capturing the moment" of some of today's most exciting jazz performers on and offstage, revealing images in...
Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg: Design Museums of the World visiting Nuremberg
For the first time since the opening of Neues Museum, the "Neue Sammlung" presents for a large-scale international exhibition. Design museums from around the world have been invited to take part. Thirty leading institutions – from Miami to Barcelo...
National Gallery of Canada: Bill Seaman: Red Dice
The videotape upon which the Red Dice installation is built was shot in June 1997 at several natural and industrial sites in the Ottawa area. The mechanical loom, the mill, the player piano, these recurrent images belong to another century yet...
San Diego Art Institute: 45th Annual International All Media Visual Awards Exhibition
Over $5,000 will be awarded to the artist in this international show, including a Grand Award of $2,000, two Awards for Excellence of $1,000 and the John McKee Memorial Award for Figure Drawing / Painting. Returning to the show is Catherine ...
Oakland Museum of California: Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks
The 88-year-old Parks is best known as a photojournalist, but this exhibition is the first time all genres of his art will be shown together. Using such media as film, poetry and music, Parks expresses his own search for compassion during a time i...
Union for Reform Judism (UAHC): Shoshannah Brombacher: Amsterdam, Jerusalem, Berlin, New York
Brombacher , who is orginally from The Netherlands, has shown extensively in Europe, Isreal and the US. From Shoshannah Brombacher's artist statement: "My art is like the water of the canals of my native Amsterdam, the city of Rembrandt: the d...
ccnoa: Sam Ashley: Listening For Bats
"I have tried to create low volume, in fact barely audible, sonic textures that have a tendency to evoke "hallucinatory" versions of themselves, or that can be easily imagined after they have disappeared. At very low volume real sounds don't disa...
Wexner Center for the Arts: Mood River: An International Exhibition Examing Impact of Design on Contemporary Life
Wexner Center Director Sherri Geldin says, “In addition to being a visual feast, Mood River offers compelling evidence of the power of design to shape our sense of the world. Boldly conjoining art and design in their survey, the curators reveal ...
Lugwig Forum fuer Internationale Kunst: CHARLEMAGNE 2000: INVITATION FOR AN ART-EXHIBITION ON THE INTERNET
Artists of the world are invite to participate in a global, virtual exhibition on Charlemagne. Please send your contribution in any media be it a story, a photography, a recipe, a rhyme, a picture, music, a film, comic, limerick or whatsoever. ...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...
Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Art and Craft: Two Solo Exhibitions: Gary Sweeney and Lauren Levy Featured for Contemporary Art Month
Gary Sweeney draws relationships between incongruous ideas and fragments of popular culture, using unusual materials and a large dose of humor. His new works, loosely based on The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant, include the first p...
PM Gallery and House: Trackers: 21 Artists Working in Video, Sculpture, Installation, Performance and pPainting
Artists in the Gallery rolled dice to direct their placement within a ‘Vector’ structure. Each artist rolled three times to arrive at their x,y,z co-ordinates determining their position in the Gallery. All nine must now work together to resolve ...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Five New Painting Galleries to Open
The V&A has remarkable collections of eighteenth and nineteenth century British landscape paintings and watercolours (the national collection of watercolours is held at the V&A). Three galleries will focus on the image of landscape in Britain as...
Fondazione Prada: Andreas Slominski: A Solo Exhibition
The definition critics most often use to describe Slominski is Fallensteller, which means ‘trapper’ in German: he is, in fact, a conceptual artist with an insidious, playful spirit. Slominski started his artistic career around the mid-1980s and id...
Figaro Gallery: Generations of Art: From Abstraction to Realism - Matthew Bates and Stephen Bates
Matthew Bates was born in Washington, D.C. in 1970 to an artistic family. At 18, Matthew left Washington to go to art school in San Francisco at the Academy of Art College. While there he learned many techniques in drawing, painting, and design. ...
Hudson River Museum: Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks,
Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks and related programs are made possible by AOL Time Warner and Ford Motor Company. Additional support is provided by the Glen Eagles Foundation, Cone-Laumont Editions, Ltd., Laumont Labs, and Time Life Photo L...
Oakland Museum of California: Grand Lyricist: The Art of Elmer Bischoff
The Bay Area figurative movement was perhaps the first school of painting that put the West Coast on an artistic map dominated by New York painters. Arising out of the post-World War II resurgence of energy as artists returned to their studios (B...
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg: Doug Aitken: Metallic Sleep
At the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999, the Jury awarded Aitken the Premio Internazionale for his installation Electric Earth, which will be a central feature of the Wolfsburg showing. His work has recently been seen in collective and individual exhi...
Milwaukee Art Museum: Museums for a New Millennium: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
Among those featured in this exhibition is the Milwaukee Art Museum expansion, designed by Santiago Calatrava, which opened in October 2001. Museums for a New Millennium at the Milwaukee Art Museum is sponsored by CG Schmidt, Inc. and Graef, Anha...
TRANS> area: Marine Hugonnier: Anna Hanusova. 27.06.01, 5:40
" spent long months doing research which led me to meet a few survivors. I'm not sure that, for the first meetings, I was particularly convincing. Many of them wanted to forget. This raised the question of programmed memory loss and collective amn...
Jewish Museum: Tenth Annual New York Jewish Film Festival
Several directors will be in New York during the festival to introduce their fi1ms, including Pierre Grimblat (Lisa), Paula Levine (Convergence), Peter Forglics (The Maelstrom - A Family Chronicle), Gilles Bourdos (Disparus), and Rod Freedman (Unc...
Guggenheim Museum, Berlin: Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism
Kazimir Malevich’s art of pure form was meant to be universally comprehensible regardless of cultural or ethnic origin. Like his contemporaries Piet Mondrian and Vasiliy Kandinsky, Malevich created an artistic utopia that became the secular equiva...

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The Incredible Lightness of Being Renzo Piano
Amazon.de: Bücher: Renzo Piano
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Amazon.com: Books: Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Volume 3 (Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Paperback))
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