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Claude Monet: The Revised Catalogue Raisonné; The Pastels
Using the Navigating.art platform, the Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI) publishes new research on 110 Monet works. This is the first installment of a complete revision of Daniel Wildenstein’s Monet catalogue raisonné.
Claude Monet, Étretat, l'Aiguille et la porte d’Aval, c. 1885, pastel on paper, 39 x 23 cm, Scottish National Gallery. Image courtesy of Scottish National Gallery.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela catalogue raisonné project
This project is based on the index of Gallen-Kallela’s works assembled by the artist’s granddaughter, Aivi Gallen-Kallela-Sirén, and has been checked and augmented by research conducted by Irene Riihimäki. This online publication presents 300 paintings by Akseli Gallen-Kallela held in public collections. As further research is completed, additional works will be listed.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, In the Sauna, 1889, oil on canvas, 120 × 81 cm, Anteneum Museum. Image courtesy of Ateneum Art Museum/Finnish National Gallery and Hannu Pakarinen.
Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings 1889–1903
This online publication presents the paintings completed by Paul Gauguin between 1889 and his death in 1903. It is the continuation of the scholarly project commenced by Daniel Wildenstein, whose first two volumes of the catalogue raisonné were published by the Wildenstein Institute in print in 2002 and can be accessed on the WPI website.
Paul Gauguin, Femmes tahitiennes au bord de la rivière, 1892, oil on canvas, 43.5 x 31.4 cm, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Image courtesy of the Van Gogh Museum.
The Digital Degas Catalogue Raisonné
The Digital Degas Catalogue Raisonné is a critical documentation of Edgar Degas’s artistic practice. It aims to catalog the artist’s paintings and works on paper, including their provenance, exhibition history, and scholarly references.
The current content (Phase I) encompasses the cataloging of Degas artworks in public collections in Britain and Ireland. It is prefaced by an introductory essay by Frances Fowle, Emeritus Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art, University of Edinburgh.
Edgar Degas, Self-Portrait, c.1855–56. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"The platform has an enormous advantage because it creates a living document; you can grow and change your completed catalogue raisonné as needed. […] We feel that Navigating.art’s background, support, and team ensure the longevity of our project as it grows and changes."
Robert Mattison, Director and Author, Franz Kline Paintings 1950 – 1962
Eva Hesse Drawings
The Eva Hesse Drawings catalogue raisonné features 1,125 works on paper created by Eva Hesse between 1952 and her death in 1970. Research for this project was conducted in cooperation with the Estate of Eva Hesse and Museum Wiesbaden, and it was produced as a freely available digital resource under the auspices of Hauser & Wirth Institute.
Eva Hesse, No title, 1975. © The Estate of Eva Hesse. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.
Franz Kline Paintings, 1950–1962
Franz Kline Paintings, 1950–1962 presents 257 oil paintings created by Franz Kline between his first solo exhibition in 1950 and his death in 1962. Research for this project was conducted in cooperation with the Estate of Franz Kline and under the auspices of Hauser & Wirth Institute.
Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus
The Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus is a searchable database of works recorded by the Estate of the Artist that incorporates The Wildenstein Plattner Institute’s ongoing research for the forthcoming Tom Wesselmann Digital Catalogue Raisonné. At present, the Digital Corpus contains two sections. Unique Artworks features works of art referred to by Tom Wesselmann as "unique major works" and "oil studies." Prints & Multiples features works by the artist that he recorded as such.
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From database to a global readership: developing the Akseli Gallen-Kallela catalogue raisonné project
Technology in support of scholarship: the revised catalogue raisonné of Claude Monet
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