SONJA EISENBERG'S ALLEGRA OPENS MAY 1 AT LEONARD TOURNÉ GALLERY

Leonard Tourné Gallery is pleased to present "Allegra," an exhibition of new works on paper by German-born artist Sonja Eisenberg. The exhibition opens May 1 and will run through May 27, 2014.

In the words of Olivier Bernier of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "That her technique is dazzling goes without saying: these transparent mists, these vaporous distances, these infinitely subtle shades which appear in her work seem as if nature itself had made them; but then, great art always seems inevitable. We are offered a series of voluptuous pleasures as we look at the wealth of details; and that is as it should be. Other artists might think that, alone, was a sufficient achievement. Eisenberg knows better: even as her work seduces the eye, it speaks to the soul; and that is why it will remain after so much else is forgotten."

Perhaps best known for her intimate watercolors and compelling large-scale oil works, Eisenberg's current exhibition highlights the depth of the artist's skill, presenting two new series of collage and India ink works on paper.

Born in Berlin in 1926, Eisenberg lives and works in New York. Her work is represented in the Smithsonian Institute (Washington, DC), the Jewish Museum of Art (New York, NY), the official collection of the United Nations (New York, NY), the Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs, CA) and dozens of public and private collections. Her works have been exhibited widely across the United States and in France, Israel, Japan, Amsterdam, Austria, England, Switzerland and her native Germany.

For more information, please contact Leonard Tourné Gallery at (212) 219-2656 or info@leonard-tourne.com.

Selected Press: Choosing Brightness Over Despair: Sonja Eisenberg featured in The Wall Street Journal