Masters of French Painting, 1290-1920: At the Wadsworth Atheneum

Masters of French Painting, 1290-1920 presents 138 of the most significant and representative works of art in the Wadsworth Atheneum’s internationally recognized collection of French paintings and pastels. These range from the great 17th-century religious masterpieces by Poussin and Claude, to charming 18th-century genre and portraits by Boucher, Robert, Vigée Lebrun, and Trinquesse, and onto varied and rich examples from the 19th century, with outstanding works by Géricault, Delacroix, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec.