French and English Drawings of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries from the National Gallery of Canada

At a Glance

Exhibition
French and English Drawings of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries from the National Gallery of Canada
Dates
February 9, 1999 to April 25, 1999
Museum
The Frick Collection

1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021

Listing type
Past Exhibitions
Description

This exhibition of sixty-seven drawings from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada was organized by that museum in collaboration with The Frick Collection. It offered a rich sampling of the treasures assembled by the Department of Prints and Drawings since its founding in 1921, including works by Boucher and Degas acquired only last year. On the English side, artists represented include Bonington, Constable, Flaxman, Hogarth, Palmer, and Turner; among the French artists are Courbet, David, Delacroix, Fragonard, Greuze, Redon, and Watteau.