Principal support is provided by the Getty Foundation as part of The Paper Project initiative. The numerous recently acquired works in this exhibition include a luminous colored pencil study by symbolist artist Alexandre Séon and a group of “noir” drawings-named for their use of varied black drawing media-by Henri Fantin-Latour, Albert-Charles Lebourg, and Adolphe Appian, among others.Ī richly illustrated catalogue-the first to document this collection-accompanies the exhibition, featuring new research on each of the included works and essays by leading scholars in the field. Following landmark acquisitions, across a number of decades, by such iconic artists as Honoré Daumier, Berthe Morisot, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the CMA has continued to enhance and deepen its collection of drawings. The approximately 50 featured artworks explore the history of drawing in 19th-century France and chronicle the remarkable role the medium has played at the CMA. Over the past century, the CMA has acquired exceptional and diverse sheets-from one with sketches made by a young Edgar Degas during his first trip to Italy to the first drawing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to enter an American museum collection. This exhibition celebrates the Cleveland Museum of Art’s internationally recognized holdings of 19th-century French drawings-a cornerstone of its collection since the institution opened in 1916. In France and abroad, museums and individuals alike started to actively acquire these works while they were still contemporary art. A growing number of public and private exhibition venues began to display their creations, building an audience attracted by the intimacy of drawings and their unique techniques and subjects. A variety of materials became available to artists-such as commercially fabricated chalks, pastels, and specialty papers-encouraging figures ranging from Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres to Paul Cezanne to reconsider the place of drawing within their artistic practices. Drawing transformed radically in 19th-century France, expanding from a means of artistic training to an independent medium with rich potential for exploration and experimentation.
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