French Moderns:

Monet to Matisse, 1850 - 1950

Friday, June 14, 2019 to Sunday, September 8, 2019

New extended closing date: September 8th, 2019!

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950 exhibits approximately 65 works of art from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned European collection and positions France as the artistic center of international modernism from the mid-19^th to mid-20^th centuries. Ranging widely in scale, subject matter, and style, these paintings, drawings, and sculptures were intended for public display and for private collections, and were produced by the era’s leading artists, those born in France as well as those who studied and showed there, including Pierre Bonnard, Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Henri Matisse, Jean-François Millet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Odilon Redon, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Édouard Vuillard, and more.

The works in the exhibition exemplify the avant-garde movements that defined modern art in the 19^th and 20^th centuries, tracing a shift from capturing the visual to evoking the idea, from an emphasis on naturalism to the rise of abstraction. 

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950 is organized by Rich Aste, former Curator of European Art, and Lisa Small, Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, Brooklyn Museum. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

SPONSORS

Exhibition Presenting Sponsor: Barbara and William Harrell; Joan and Jim Van Vleck

Exhibition Season Presenters: Ameris Bank; City of Jacksonville; Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Inc.; Robert D. and Isabelle T. Davis Endowment at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida; The Director's Circle at the Cummer Museum; The Schultz Family Endowment; Winston Family Foundation

Exhibition Sponsors: Mr. Ryan A. Schwartz; Carl S. Swisher Foundation, Inc.

DINNER PARTY SERIES SPONSORS

Presenting Sponsors: Lory and Pete Doolittle

Sponsors: Peggy and J.F. Bryan; Publix Super Markets Charities

Partner: Marcy and Tom Moody

Underwriters: Neill Lasher, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Florida Network Realty; Elaine and David Strickland; Turner Pest Constrol

Media Partner: Flamingo Magazine

In-Kind Sponsors: Agility Press, Inc.; Alliance Française; Chef's Garden Catering & Events; CYPRESS creative floral design; Mark Grandin Events; Wingard

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