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JKK FINE ARTS
Gallery of Modern Symbolism
The MEWS Courtyard at 594 Valley Rd.
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Tel. (973) 744 0111
E-mail: jk@jkkfinearts.com
www.jkkfinearts.com
Gallery Hours: Tue. to Fri. 2 pm to 9 pm,
Sat. 10 am to 7 pm,
Sun. by Appoint.
JKK FINE ARTS proudly presents
SALOME & John the Baptist

Exhibition of new paintings, sculptures, drawings,
and photographs by established international artists:
Luigi Casalino, Joanna Chrobak, Marek Koczela, Michael Kuch, Aleksandra Nowak,
Rafal Olbinski, Franciszek Starowieyski, David Vance, and Gustaw
Zemla
May June July 2007
Opening reception, Saturday, May 19th, 7 to 10 pm
The story of Salome and John the Batist was one of the
favorites motives for painters, draftsmen, and sculptors, since it offers a
chance to depict exotic scenery of the East, semi nude woman dancing, the
splendour of oriental court, and everything under the auspices of being a
Biblical subject. The earliest
examples can be seen in Musee de Augustins in Toulouse (12th C.), France. Famous
Italians include: Giotto's Feast of Herod (1320), Lorenzo Monaco's The Banquet of
Herod (c.1400), Masaccio's The Beheading of St. John the Baptist (1426). But the
most popular interpretations of Salome include paintings by Titian Salome with
the Head of John the Baptist, ca. 1530, and two Caravaggio paintings from 1605:
Salome with the Head of the Baptist, and Beheading of the Baptist. From
Northern-European painters the most interesting are pieces by: Memling St. John
Altarpiece (15th C.), Dürer The Beheading of St. John (1510), now in
Christian Theological Seminary, in Indianapolis, Lucas
Cranach the Elder Salome (c.1530), and Rembrandt The Beheading of John the
Baptist (1640), in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The subject was very
popular in 19th C.. French Symbolist master, Gustave Moreau, painted it three
times: Salome dancing before Herod, The Apparition, and Salome, all in the
1870'. Salome by Henri Regnault (1870) is now in Metropolitan Museum of Art
collection. Franz von Stuck painted his Salome in 1906, Gustav Klimt in 1907-09.
British artist, Aubrey Beardsley made illustrations for Oscar Wilde's play
Salome, which premiered in Paris in 1896. The play, translated into German, was
used by Richard Strauss for his famous opera Salome, that premiered in 1905.
And when a convenient day
was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains,
and chief estates of Galilee; And when the daughter of the said Herodias came
in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto
the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he
sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will
give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. And she went forth, and said unto her
mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she
came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that
thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. And the king
was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with
him, he would not reject her. And immediately the king sent an executioner, and
commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel
gave it to her mother. And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up
his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. Mark 6:21-29
For more information or additional photos,
please contact Jan K. Kapera,
Gallery Director, at 973 744 0111 or send us Email:
jk@jkkfinearts.com
The brochure is available in
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