Wednesday, February 11, 2 – 3pm
Henri Rousseau. Carnival Evening (detail), 1886. Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963
Free; registration required.
About the Tour
This landmark exhibition brings together important paintings from collections around the world, showing how Rousseau painted with viewers in mind, changing his compositions and subjects to suit their preferences. Building on a comprehensive research study of the 18 works by Rousseau at the Barnes, the exhibition was developed in partnership with the Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, which houses the collection of the art dealer Paul Guillaume. Guillaume sold many Rousseau paintings to Dr. Albert Barnes but kept others for his own collection; this exhibition reunites these works for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Registrants will be emailed a link for the program the day prior.
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