April 7 - June 3, 2001
THE TRIUMPH OF FRENCH PAINTING:
Masterpieces From Ingres to Matisse

THE TRIUMPH OF FRENCH PAINTING is presented by Bank One, Mrs. Virginia W. Kettering, DP & L, John and Shirley Berry and Charles Berry.

Drawn from the superb collections of the Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art, this special exhibition provides a comprehensive survey of painting in France during the 19th and early 20th centuries and examines the artistic trends that contributed to France's domination of the world art scene during this period.

The exhibition spans more than 100 years and includes such great masterpieces as Claude Monet's Charing Cross Bridge ("Reflections on the Thames") (1901-1904), oil on canvas; Edouard Manet's The Café-Concert (1878-1879), oil on canvas; Edgar Degas' Before the Race (1882-1884), oil on panel; Vincent Van Gogh's A Pair of Boots (1887), oil on canvas; Paul Cezanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from the Bibémus Quarry (1897), oil on canvas; Henri Matisse's Odalisque with Green Sash (1927), oil on canvas; Pablo Picasso's Woman with Bangs (1902), oil on canvas; and Paul Gauguin's Vahine no te vi (Woman of the Mango) (1892), oil on canvas.

This special exhibition provides visitors the opportunity to contrast the techniques and styles of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism art.

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