Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
January 30 – April 25, 2010

Turner to Cézanne presents an outstanding group of 19th and 20th century paintings and works on paper from the National Museum Wales—an internationally acclaimed collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art—and features masterpieces by Paul Cézanne, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, J.M.W. Turner, and Vincent van Gogh. The exhibition traces the evolution of early modern art, beginning with examples of dramatic Romanticism exemplified by Turner through the expressionist Post-impressionism of van Gogh. Spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the exhibition contains masterworks of Realism, Naturalism, and Impressionism, by their greatest exponents.

The Corcoran in Context: European Highlights from the William A. Clark Collection
JANUARY 30—APRIL 25, 2010

Ranging from ancient Antiquities to Impressionist paintings, Senator Clark’s collection today forms the core of the Corcoran’s holdings of European art. Timed to coincide with Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales (on display at the Corcoran from January 30 through April 25, 2010), The Corcoran in Context displays Clark’s particular enthusiasm for 19th-century French painting. The exhibition will include works by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-François Millet, and Edgar Degas.