Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century

Outline

Organized by: Yokohama Museum of Art / Yokohama Art Foundation / The City of Yokohama / The Yomiuri Shimbun

With the Support of: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan / The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan / The Embassy of the United States of America in Japan / The Embassy of France in Japan

Exhibition Catalogue

Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 1989

The Museum Behind the Idea / John McDonald (Writer/Editor, Division of Education Services)
French Art – “In Context” / Denys Sutton
Style and Function in French Late Medieval Sculpture / William D. Wixom (Chairman, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters)
The Influence of Far Eastern Ceramics on French Faience / Jessie McNab (Associate Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard: An Indepndent Master / Katharine Baetjer (Curator, Department of European Paintings)
Van Gogh and Millet / Susan Alyson Stein (Special Exhibitions Associate, Department of European Paintings)
“Le Plaisir à Paris…” / Denys Sutton
Contrasts and Contradictions in Nineteenth-Century Taste / Clare Le Corbeiller (Associate Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)
“For Paris and Art” / Denys Sutton