Drawings

The Drawings of François Boucher
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Celebrating the tercentenary of the artist's birth, this exhibition was the first survey of François Boucher's (1703–1770) drawings in more than twenty-five years.

ink sketch of fishermen on a boat holding poles and caught fish
From Pisanello to Whistler: Works on Paper in The Frick Collection. A Celebration of the Publication of Volume IX
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In celebration of the publication of the ninth and final volume of the series of comprehensive catalogues of The Frick Collection, a selection of works on paper were placed on view in the Cabinet.

Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art
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Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art opened at The Frick Collection on June 19, 2001. The exhibition, organized by Ann H.

The Draftsman's Art: Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland
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A survey of five centuries of draftsmanship by Italian, Flemish, Dutch, British, French, and German artists, this exhibition brought together seventy-three works on paper culled from the National Gallery of Scotland's premier collection of some fourteen thousand sheets.

pastel drawing of 18th century woman wearing black and white dress seated in front of trees with powdered hair
Henry Clay Frick as a Collector of Drawings
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Marking the 150th Anniversary of the birthday of founder Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), this small exhibition drew attention to a lesser-known aspect of the broad collecting interests of the museum's founder. Ten drawings that Mr.

Michelangelo to Picasso: Master Drawings from the Collection of the Albertina, Vienna
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This major spring exhibition featured masterpieces on paper selected not only to demonstrate the superb holdings of this illustrious Austrian institution, but to chronicle the major assets acquired during the tenure of each of its directors.

cover of the catalogue for the exhibition Watteau and His World: French Drawing from 1700-1750 with sketch of seated young woman
Watteau and His World: French Drawing from 1700 to 1750
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This comprehensive survey of drawings by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) and some of his leading contemporaries included more than sixty-five drawings lent from public and private collections in North America.

French and English Drawings of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries from the National Gallery of Canada
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This exhibition of sixty-seven drawings from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada was organized by that museum in collaboration with The Frick Collection.

brown ink drawing of seated satyr with urn encountering a goat
Figurative Invention: Drawings from the Permanent Collection
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This exhibition presented drawings from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries that displayed several modes of depicting figures. Some were drawings of figures or costumes copied from life and intended as preparatory studies for painted compositions.

Fuseli to Menzel: Drawings and Watercolors in the Age of Goethe
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The age of Goethe, Beethoven, and Kant was also a brilliant period for the visual arts in Germany.