Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, and Their Times
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Mississippi Museum of Art 380 South Lamar Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201
on the beach edouard manet mississippi museum of art french impressionist april 2020
"On the Beach, Boulogne-sur-Mer," 1869, by Édouard Manet
The seventeenth presentation in the Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin Memorial Exhibition Series, and offering 74 works by 19th-and 20th-century masters, Van Gogh, Monet, Degas and Their Times: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts showcases French Impressionist paintings, along with masterpieces from every important school of French art—from Romanticism through to the School of Paris, all at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Taken together, these works exemplify the Mellons’ personal vision and highly original collecting strategies, which provide a context for understanding this unique collection of French art. The exhibition includes works by Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Henri Rousseau, and Vincent van Gogh. $15 per person; $13 advance purchase until April 3; $13 for seniors and groups of 10-plus; $10 for college students with ID; Free for members, children age 5 and younger, and for K-12 students on Tuesdays and Thursdays thanks to Feild Co-operative Association, Inc. & BlueCross BlueShield of Mississippi. msmuseumart.org.