Impressionist & Modern Art
1870 - 1970
Fall 2006
Cover image: Albert Gleizes, Composition, 1920, mixed media on canvas
Gustave Doré (Strasbourg 1832 - 1883 Paris)
Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, c. 1870
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Watercolor
Jean-Baptiste-Armand Guillaumin (Paris 1841 - 1927 Paris)
Bords de Creuse, c. 1895
Banks of the Creuse River
Oil on canvas
Mary Cassatt (Allegheny 1844 - 1926 Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
By the Pond, c. 1896
Drypoint and color aquatint
Jacques Villon (Damville 1875 - Puteaux 1963)
L'Équilibriste, 1913
High-Wire Balancer
Oil on canvas
Fernand Léger (Argentan 1881 - 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette)
L'Usine, 1918
Factory
Gouache
Albert Gleizes (Paris 1881 - 1953 Avignon)
L'assiette bleue, 1923
The Blue Dish
Watercolor, wash and pencil on paper
André Masson (Balagny-sur-Thérain 1896 - 1987 Paris)
Une fête, 1958
A Celebration
Pastel
Jean Dubuffet (Le Havre 1901 - 1985 Paris)
Sourire, 1961
Smile
Lithograph in colors: edition of 50
Giorgio de Chirico (Volos 1888 - 1978 Rome)
Apollo e i Tulipani, 1970
Apollo and the Tulips
Watercolor, charcoal, black crayon and pencil
This exhibition explores the history of modern art created over the course of a century from 1870-1970. Starting with early Impressionist works, the catalogue moves through fauvism, to cubism and ends with Picasso's later prints. Included are important works of various media by Barnabè, Cassatt, Dubuffet, Lebourg, Masson, Redon, and Vlaminck.
