From Fra Angelico to Bonnard: Masterpieces from the Rau Collection

Onehundredandsixpaintingsbygreatmasters--presentedinEuropeforthefirsttime--chronicletheevolvinghistoryofEuropeanartbetweenthe15thand19thcenturies.GreatmasterpiecestakevisitorsonatouroftheItalian(BeatoAngelico,Crivelli,Luini,Reni,Caracciolo,Canaletto,Bellotto,Tiepolo),FlemishandDutch(Terbrugghen,VanGoyen,Ruisdael),German(CranachtheElder),Spanish(ElGreco,Ribera),English(Wright,Reynolds,Gainsborough)andFrench(Millet,delaTour,LeBrun,Greuze,Fragonard)schools.TheevenricherandmoresignificantmodernpaintingsectionoftheRaucollectionconstitutesacompleterecordofthecourseoftheImpressionistmovementfromitsbeginningstomaturity,fromtheforerunners(Corot,Courbet,Boudin)andBazille'semblematicFishermanwithaNettoallthegreatImpressionistmasterssuchasMonet(representedbysixsplendidmasterpieces),Renoir,Manet,Caillebotte,Degas,Pissarro,Cassatt,SisleyandCezanne.ThesearefollowedbytheNabis(withworksbySerusier,Vallotton,Bonnard,Vuillard),Symbolism(Redon,Hodler,Klimt),theFauves(Derain,Dufy,Vlaminck,Marquet)andExpressionism(Munch,Macke,Jawlensky).