AN INSPIRED BEGINNING

Dr. Albert C. Barnes established the Barnes Foundation in 1922, and his vision to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts has endured over the decades.

The Barnes Foundation's collection of Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings is unsurpassed in the world in breadth, quality, and depth. In addition, the collections of African sculpture, American paintings and decorative arts, Old Master paintings, antiquities, Native American art, and Asian art provide a rich context for the study of art and aesthetics.

Highlights include:

• 181 works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the most in any one location
• 69 works by Paul Cézanne
• 59 works by Henri Matisse
• 46 works by Pablo Picasso
• A magnificent Arboretum on 12 acres and an Arboretum School
• Formal art and horticulture courses and K-12 education programs
• Archival collections including the extensive correspondence of Dr. Barnes