The triumph of French painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse

The city of Baltimore boasts one of the finest collections of 19th- and early 20th-century French art to be found anywhere in the United States. Together, its two premier art institutions -- the Walters Art Gallery and the Baltimore Art Museum -- house a collection which charts the development of French painting from the early 19th-century neo-classicism to early 20th-century post-impressionism. All major movements and schools are presented in this beautiful and informative catalogue.