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The New Wing displays 19th to early 20th century French paintings, including works by Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Moreau. The galleries also feature works by the next generation of artists, such as Marquet, Picasso, Soutin, Ernst, Miro, Dubuffet and Pollock.
The NMWA drawing collection centers on works by such 18th to 19th century French artists as Boucher, Fragonard, Delacroix, Moreau, Rodin, and Cezanne. The prints collection features works by Durer, Holbein, Rembrandt, Callot, Piranesi, Goya, and Klinger, ranging from the 15th century through the early 20th century. Thematically arranged exhibitions from these prints and drawings collections are held regularly in one gallery of the New Wing.
The NMWA also houses some 58 sculptures by Auguste Rodin, including three works displayed in the museum's forecourt, the Thinker, the Gates of Hell, and the Burghers of Calais. Other pre and post Rodin sculptors featured in the collection include Carpeaux, Bourdelle and Maillol. |
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