Introduction
This exhibition is co-organized by the National Palace Museum, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, and the udnFunlife Co., Ltd. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is particularly known for its treasured collection of French paintings. This exhibition will feature a total of 65 works of 17th to 20th century landscape paintings, focusing on masterpieces from important 19th century Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters.
The six themes of this exhibition are "Springs of Modern Landscape Painting", "Admiration for Nature", "Cityscapes of Paris", "Outskirts of Paris—the Creation Inspired by Intimate Nature", “Far from Paris—the Search for Brighter Sunshine", and "Trips to Foreign and Imaginary Lands". These themes are designed to improve public understanding of modern French landscape painting. One of the biggest highlights of this exhibition is Monet's "Luncheon on the Grass", which is in Taiwan for the first time! Aside from this, the exhibition also features works from French Baroque landscape master Claude Lorraine, Rococo master Francois Boucher, Barbizon School’s Jean-Baptiste-Camille-Corot, Impressionist Renoir, Cezanne, Rousseau, Gauguin, totaling 48 masterpieces that share the quiet elegance of French landscape painting with the audience.
* Starting Nov. 23, 2018, the National Palace Museum will offer a joint ticket package for special exhibition Masterpieces of French Landscape Paintings from The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.