| The collection of drawings assembled
by Louis-Antoine Prat of Paris over the last three decades is one
of the finest private collections of its kind in the world, highlighting
some three centuries of work by French artists active before 1900
and including drawings by great masters as well as superb examples
by lesser known artists.
Selected by Dr. Pierre Rosenberg, former director of the Louvre
and guest curator for this project, the one hundred drawings reflect
the panorama of French draftsmanship beginning with the late mannerist
style of Jacques Callot, extending through the work of eighteenth
century masters Watteau, Boucher, and Fragonard, and such early
nineteenth century figures as Ingres and Delacroix, and concluding
with the flowering of Impressionism as seen in works on paper
by Manet, Degas, and Cézanne. Included are landscapes and
portraits, red chalk and graphite pencil, meticulously finished
drawings and brilliant sketches.
The collection begun by Louis-Antoine and Veronique Prat in 1974
contains more than 200 drawings. This exhibition includes many
of its finest examples and recent additions to the collection
that have not been shown before
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