The Metropolitan Museum of Art launches an exhibit focused on the connection between the art and fashion of the mid- 19th Century. Along with paintings, including some on loan from museums around the world including the Musée d’Orsay, there will be photographs and illustrations from the period.
“Highlights of the exhibition include Monet’s Luncheon on the Grass (1865–66) and Women in the Garden (1866), Bazille’s Family Reunion (1867), Bartholomé’s In the Conservatory (circa 1881, paired with the sitter’s dress)…Monet’s Camille (1866) from the Kunsthalle, Bremen, Renoir’s Lise–The Woman with the Umbrella (1867) from the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and Manet’s La Parisienne (circa 1875) from the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, which have never before traveled to the United States…”
Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity Until May 27, 2013
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC