With its emphasis on parallel developments in French and English art over the same general period, this collection provides an interesting opportunity for contrast and comparison. The Museum's French holdings follow the history of 19th-century landscape painting in France from the academic to the Impressionist, and includes major works by Morisot and Monet. Holdings by early 20th-century artists are also strong with works by Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer, and Wyndham Lewis. Modern French masters--Matisse, Braque, Bonnard, Dufy, Derain, Chagall, among others--are represented by major works. Particularly notable is the sculpture collection which represents major artists and representative media and styles beginning with 19th-century masters Carpeaux, Carrier-Belleuse, Gèrôme, and continuing with major works by Rodin, Maillol, and Lipchitz.

Selected works from our European collection:

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click to enlarge	Pierre Bonnard French, 1867-1947 Jardin au Petit Pont, 1937 Oil on canvas 39 x 48 7/8" Bequest of Wright S. Ludington 1993.1.1	click to enlarge	Henri Matisse French, 1869-1954 Pont Saint-Michel, ca. 1901 Oil on canvas 23 3/4 x 28 3/4" (60.3 x 73.0cm) Bequest of Wright S. Ludington 1993.1.5
click to enlarge	Jules Bastien-Lepage French, 1848-1884 The Ripened Wheat (Les Bles Murs), 1884 Oil on canvas 37 1/2 x 43" Museum purchase with funds provided by Suzette and Eugene Davidson and the Davidson Endowment Fund 1995.34	click to enlarge	Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse French, 1824-1887 The Three Graces, n.d. Terra-cotta 29 x 11 1/4" (diameter at top) Museum purchase with funds provided by the Collectors Council 1998.29