Greats of French Modernism presented in Vancouver

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Berthe Morisot, "Madame Boursier and Her Daughter," c. 1873

oil on canvas, Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 29.30, (photo by Sarah DeSantis, Brooklyn Museum)

Works by Cézanne, Chagall, Degas, Manet, Morisot, Renoir and Rodin will be on view at the Vancouver Art Gallery from Feb. 16 to May 20 as part of French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950.

Comprised of 60 paintings, drawings and sculptures from the Brooklyn Museum, one of North America’s important repositories of French modernism, the exhibition shines a light on France as the centre of international art of the era.

The artists featured in French Moderns redefined genres of landscape, portraiture, still life and the nude in radical ways. The show is organized chronologically into five sections: The Academy, Breaking from the Academy, The Impressionists and their Circle, Early Modernism, and Surrealism and Abstraction.

The Vancouver Art Gallery will also present the concurrent exhibition, Affinities: Canadian Artists and France, which demonstrates the impact of French art on art practices and ideas in this country over the last 120 years.

This exhibition of works from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection focuses on Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Surrealism. It also examines contemporary Canadian artists' interest in the legacy of French Modernism and feminist theory.

Featured artists include J.W. Morrice, Emily Carr, Maurice Cullen, Paul-Emile Borduas, Rodney Graham, Mary Scott and Lucy Hogg.

Several lectures by experts on the period are scheduled in conjunction with the shows.

For more information, visit vanartgallery.bc.ca.

Source: Vancouver Art Gallery