To mark its 50th Anniversary, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces that it has acquired an important painting by Mary Cassatt, Woman Standing, Holding a Fan, created in 1878–79. The work is one of only two known canvases painted by the artist almost entirely in the medium of distemper and represents a key … Continue reading Amon Carter Museum Announces Acquisition of Cassatt Painting
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Museum of Fine Arts Boston De-accesses European Works to Purchase of Man at His Bath by Caillebotte
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has acquired the painting Man at His Bath (1884), regarded as one of the greatest works by artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). This important canvas represents the first Impressionist nude to enter the Museum's collection of paintings. The almost life-size work, which has been on loan at the MFA … Continue reading Museum of Fine Arts Boston De-accesses European Works to Purchase of Man at His Bath by Caillebotte
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