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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents "Monet to Picasso: A Very Private Collection" opening day

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Photo courtesy of Estate of Pablo Picasso Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

"Monet to Picasso: A Very Private Collection" features 30 paintings by the pivotal artists who sparked the major movements of the late19th through mid-20th centuries. Assembled over decades, this selection chronicles key moments in the development of modern art in Paris: the evolution of Impressionism from its roots in the work of artists, including Corot, and represented by the work of Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Mary Cassatt; the emergence of the Post-Impressionist painters, including Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gaugin, and Paul Cézanne; and the leading figures of 20th-century abstraction, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, and Fernand Léger.

The exhibition will be on display through January 12, 2020.

"Monet to Picasso: A Very Private Collection" features 30 paintings by the pivotal artists who sparked the major movements of the late19th through mid-20th centuries. Assembled over decades, this selection chronicles key moments in the development of modern art in Paris: the evolution of Impressionism from its roots in the work of artists, including Corot, and represented by the work of Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Mary Cassatt; the emergence of the Post-Impressionist painters, including Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gaugin, and Paul Cézanne; and the leading figures of 20th-century abstraction, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, and Fernand Léger.

The exhibition will be on display through January 12, 2020.

"Monet to Picasso: A Very Private Collection" features 30 paintings by the pivotal artists who sparked the major movements of the late19th through mid-20th centuries. Assembled over decades, this selection chronicles key moments in the development of modern art in Paris: the evolution of Impressionism from its roots in the work of artists, including Corot, and represented by the work of Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Mary Cassatt; the emergence of the Post-Impressionist painters, including Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gaugin, and Paul Cézanne; and the leading figures of 20th-century abstraction, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, and Fernand Léger.

The exhibition will be on display through January 12, 2020.

WHEN

WHERE

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
https://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/monet-picasso-very-private-collection/

TICKET INFO

Free-$17
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