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France

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Area inhabited by Lower Paleolithic; Celt-speaking Gauls dominated by 5th century BCE; part of Roman Empire 125 BCE-5th century, then under Frankish influence; lost land to England 12th-16th centuries; monarchy fell in Revolution 1792; recurring expansion 16-19th centuries; official language is French, though Provençal, Breton, Flemish, Catalan, Corsican, Basque, and Germanic regional patois are also spoken.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Masterpieces of Drawing from the Museum at Besancon France, April 13-May 8, 1955

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An exhibition of 55 drawings by seventeenth and eighteenth century French and Italian artists lent by the Museum of Besancon, France and circulated by M. Knoedler Gallery & Co., Inc. The exhibition records span five folders plus a catalog, clippings, and photographs.

Dates: April 13-May 8, 1955

Napoleonic Broadsides, August 20-September 20, 1942

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An exhibition of 83 color engravings featuring anti-Napoleon caricatures, lent by M. Knoedler & Co., New York City. The prints were mostly by English artists, as well as some French artists. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: August 20-September 20, 1942

Paintings and Drawings by Ingres, Lent by the Museum of Montauban, April 6-26, 1953

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An exhibition of drawings and paintings by French Neoclassical artist Ingres from the Ingres Museum at Montauban arranged by the Knoedler Galleries of New York City. The exhibition records span four folders plus a catalog and clippings.

Dates: April 6-26, 1953

The Works of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), [February 16]-March 15, 1951

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An exhibition of 31 paintings and 6 drawings by nineteenth-century French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi, France plus a portrait of Lautrec by Vuillard, circulated by the Knoedler Galleries of New York City. The exhibition records span eight folders plus a catalog and photographs.

Dates: [February 16]-March 15, 1951

Thirty-five French Paintings of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries, July 16-September 5, 1955

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An exhibition of 35 paintings by nineteenth and twentieth century French artists, lent by M. Knoedler Gallery & Co., Inc. and Wildenstein & Co., Inc. The exhibition records span three folders plus object photographs.

Dates: July 16-September 5, 1955