Title

French Paintings from the Musée Fabre, Montpellier

Venues

National Gallery Of Australia (7 November 2003 – 15 February 2004)

Date

(2003 – 2004)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Paintings

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

French Paintings from the Musée Fabre, Montpellier is an exhibition of 84 outstanding masterpieces never before seen in this country. Covering three centuries of French art the exhibition features works by great artists such as Nicolas Poussin, Laurent de la Hyre, Simon Vouet, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jacques-Louis David, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley and Frédéric Bazille. The exhibition brings together an exceptional array of iconic paintings covering all artistic movements from 1600 to 1900, including Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism. [Gallery media, 2003].