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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 103 Collections and/or Records:

Drawings by Corot, Loaned by Goodman-Walker, Inc., Boston, MA, February 8-March 7, 1931

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An exhibition of a private collection of drawings by 19th century landscape artist of the Barbizon School Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, lent by Goodman-Walker, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition records span 4 folders plus clippings.

Dates: February 8-March 7, 1931

Drawings by Jean Vigoureux, November 16-December 6, 1946

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An exhibition of 26 drawings by the French-born American artist Jean Vigoureux. The exhibition records span five folders plus object photographs.

Dates: November 16-December 6, 1946

Early Photographers: Atget, Brady, and Genthe, September 8-October 8, 1951

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An exhibition of photographs by early adopters of the medium, Eugene Atget, Mathew B. Brady, and Arnold Genthe. lent by the Museum of Modern Art, New York City and from the permanent collection of the Legion of Honor. The exhibition records span seven folders plus photographs.

Dates: September 8-October 8, 1951

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

European Rooms in Miniature by Mrs. James Ward Thorne, September 1-December 31, 1948

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An exhibition of the collection of 30 miniature rooms of England and France from the sixteenth to twentieth century by American artist Narcissa Niblack Thorne (Mrs. James Ward Thorne). The exhibition records span nine folders plus catalog and photographs.

Dates: September 1-December 31, 1948

Exhibition of French Painting from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, June 8-July 8, 1934

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A major exhibition of 267 representative works intended to map the development of painting in France since the fifteenth century. The exhibition records span 39 folders (about 2 boxes) plus copies of the catalog and clippings.

Dates: June 8-July 8, 1934

Exhibition of the Albert D. Lasker Collection of French Painting, March 17-April 4, 1954

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An exhibition of 67 paintings by French artists lent from the collection of American philanthropists Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Lasker. The exhibition records span 10 folders plus catalogs and photographs.

Dates: March 17-April 4, 1954

Four Centuries of European Painting, January 8-29, 1934

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An exhibition of paintings by the most famous European masters of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, lent by Wildenstein and Co. of New York City. The exhibition records span four folders plus copies of the catalog and a clipping.

Dates: January 8-29, 1934

France Come to You: French Paintings from San Francisco Collections, November 6-21, 1948

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An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by nineteenth and twentieth century modern French artists, assembled from private art collections in San Francisco and the Bay Area. The exhibition records span four folders plus a catalog.

Dates: November 6-21, 1948

French and English Mezzotints, from the Archer M. Huntington Collection, May 3-June 2, 1932

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About 70 mezzotints in color and black-and-white by French and English artists from the Archer M. Huntington Collection. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: May 3-June 2, 1932