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Americans in Paris 1860-1900

THE NATIONAL GALLERY: 22 February - 21 May 2006

Paris was the centre of the art world in the 19th century, and a magnet for American art students and artists, eager to experience the cosmopolitan delights of the city and to steep themselves in its artistic atmosphere. For the first time in Britain, this exhibition looks at why American artists were drawn to Paris, what they produced there, and how their art changed. The exhibition includes well-known artists - James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt - and others who will largely be unknown to audiences here, including Cecilia Beaux, Elizabeth Nourse and Theodore Robinson. ...