The Art of Drawing in France
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PurchaseThe Art of Drawing in France 1400-1900
April 11 – July 22, 1987
The 127 drawings which made up this exhibition comprised the nucleus of a remarkably extensive collection of French master drawings from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries assembled initially for the Swedish royal family and then housed at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. Included were works by Leonardo da Vinci, Francesco Primaticcio, Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Francois Boucher, Jacques-Louis David, Camille Corot, Eugène Delacroix, Honore Daumier, Edgar Degas and Paul Cézanne.
The book-length catalog, written by Per Bjurstrom and published by Philip Wilson Publishers, London, was a comprehensive history of French drawings. The exhibition traveled after The Drawing Center to Edinburgh for the 1987 Summer Festival and to Lille, France.
Curator of the exhibition was Per Bjurstrom, Director of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Featured Artists
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Francesco Primaticcio
- Claude Lorrain
- Nicolas Poussin
- Antoine Watteau
- Francois Boucher
- Jacques-Louis David
- Camille Corot
- Eugene Delacroix
- Honore Daumier
- Edgar Degas
- Paul Cézanne
Artworks
Ephemera
Installation Photography
Press
Credits
The Drawing Center gratefully acknowledged the assistance of The Vincent Astor Foundation, Walter and Jeanne Thayer, Robert L. B. Tobin and an anonymous donor in making this exhibition possible. This exhibition was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum Services, and the New York State Council on the Arts. An indemnity had been provided by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The Drawing Center was the recipient of challenge grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and The Kresge Foundation.