Couple donates Picasso to the N.C. Museum of Art

By NicerNews • on February 25, 2010

Original Source: http://www.newsobserver.com
Author: Leah Friedman
Original Publication Date: February 2010

Julian Robertson, a hedge-fund owner, and his wife, Josie, have given the N.C. Museum of Art four paintings by modern European artists, including a Pablo Picasso portrait of his lover.

Officials said the Picasso will hang in the new, expanded museum set to open in April. The other paintings, by Alfred Sisley, Maurice de Vlaminck and Emil Nolde, will hang on a rotating basis.

“The North Carolina Museum of Art is elated to receive this generous, promised gift from the Robertsons,” said Larry Wheeler, museum director. “These major works, by major School of Paris painters, will both fill a gap in and beautifully compliment the museum’s collection, enabling it to present more fully the story of the birth of modern art.”