French Art: Late-Nineteenth to Early-Twentieth Centuries September 24, 2008

This collection of primarily French art emphasizes innovative printmaking, poster and journalistic art during the years between the Franco-Prussian war (1870) and the First World War (1914) and is supplemented by European prints and drawings dating back to the end of the 18th century and up to the 1920s. Its extensive selection of French posters is complemented by one of the largest collections of Belgian Art Nouveau posters