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French (culture or style)

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to the culture of the modern nation of France, or in general to cultures that have occupied the area of the modern nation in western Europe.

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

A Graphic Panorama of the Rise and Fall of Napolean I, September 15-October 25, 1954

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of lithographs depicting significant events in the life and the reign of the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: September 15-October 25, 1954

Artists at Work, July 5-August 3, 1958

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of prints and drawings depicting artists engaged in their profession. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: July 5-August 3, 1958

Cliches-Verre: An Experiment by Artists of the Barbizon School, January 8-February 20, 1955

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 40 “cliches-verre” (glass prints) by nineteenth century French artists of the Barbizon school. The exhibition records span three folders plus photographs.

Dates: January 8-February 20, 1955

Daumier and the Theatre, September 17-October 23, 1960

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of prints by French nineteenth century satirist Honore Daumier, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Adriani of Carmel, California and Mr. and Mrs. Philip N. Lilienthal of Hillsborough, California. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: September 17-October 23, 1960

Edouard Manet as Etcher, June 6-July 5, 1959

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of etchings by nineteenth century French Impressionist artist Edouard Manet, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Adriani of Carmel, California supplemented with works from the Foundation collection. The exhibition records span one folder of didactic information.

Dates: June 6-July 5, 1959

French Prints, 1500-1800, from the Moore S. Achenbach Collection, September 9-[30], 1948

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An exhibition of about 50 prints by French artists from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century from the collection of Moore S. Achenbach. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: September 9-[30], 1948

French Prints from the Achenbach Collection: An Exhibit Celebrating the Two Thousandth Anniversary of Paris, [April]-May 14, 1951

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of prints by French artists shown at the City of Paris Gallery in San Francisco in celebration of the two thousandth anniversary of the founding of Paris, France. The exhibition records span one folder of lender correspondence.

Dates: [April]-May 14, 1951

Jacques Callot: Limner of the Outcast, August 25-October 7, 1951

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of 60 etchings by seventeenth-century French Old Master artist Jacques Callot. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: August 25-October 7, 1951

Lithography from Ingres to Picasso, February 25-April 2, 1961

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of lithographs surveying the development of the medium since its accidental inception in 1798. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: February 25-April 2, 1961

Military Conquests of Louis XIV by Court Engravers, April 18-June 7, 1953

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of engravings depicting the French victory in the Dutch War between 1672 and 1678 under king Louis XIV by artists within his court. The exhibition records span three folders plus photographs.

Dates: April 18-June 7, 1953