The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso
The Horse, 1901, Pablo Picasso, (Spanish, 1881–1973), crayon and ink on paper. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 85.795
Sept 1–Oct 9, 2016
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg
Omnipresent in 19th-century France, the horse was portrayed in every manner and style by all types of artists. The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts explores this subject in detail, with major paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by artists as diverse as Pablo Picasso, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Antoine-Louis Barye, Edgar Degas, Théodore Géricault, and others representing every major movement in French art from Romanticism to Fauvism.
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