François-Marius Granet
Subtitle: watercolors from the Musée Granet at Aix-en-Provence
By: Edgar Munhall ; with the memoirs of the painter Granet ; translated and annotated by Joseph Focarino.
Contributors: Granet, François-Marius, 1775-1849.; Frick Collection.; Cleveland Museum of Art.; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Publisher: Frick Collection
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Granet, François-Marius, 1775-1849 -- Exhibitions; Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867; Musée Granet -- Exhibitions; France in art -- Exhibitions; Artists -- France -- Biography
Description: Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Frick Collection, New York of 60 watercolors by Granet. The Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence lent the works, many of which were here on display in the United States for the first time. All were painted after 1830 and show views of Paris, Versailles, and the Ile-de-France. A color reproduction accompanies each catalog entry, and there are photographs and drawings of some of the sites. Included is an English translation of the artist's memoirs. After New York, the show traveled to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149).
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Frick Collection, Nov. 21, 1988-Jan. 15, 1989; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Feb. 7-Mar. 19, 1989; and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts) Apr. 1-May 28, 1989.