The Dahesh Museum of Art

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EXHIBITION HISTORY

Every exhibition presented by the Museum sets out to explore, often for the first time, some important feature of academic art and the institutions that nourished it in 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. Utilizing loans from distinguished international collections, both private and public, previous exhibitions have examined—among other topics—the training of artists; the world of the Salon with its competitions and juries; the 19th-century fascination with the Orient, reciprocated from Cairo to Paris; the influence of photography, travel, and archeological discoveries of the classical past; and the reproduction of artworks for an international market.

Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré
 

Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré
January 23 - April 22, 2007

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Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt
 

Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt
June 8, 2006 - April 22, 2007

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Stories To Tell: Masterworks from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration
 

Stories To Tell: Masterworks from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration
February 14 - May 21, 2006

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The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
 

The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
October 11, 2005 - January 22, 2006

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The Dahesh Collection:  Celebrating a Decade of Discovery
 

The Dahesh Collection: Celebrating a Decade of Discovery
May 24 - September 22, 2005


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First Seen: Photographs of the World's Peoples (1840-1880)
 

First Seen: Photographs of the World's Peoples, 1840-1880
February 1 - May 1, 2005

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Cordier Bust of Sudanese
 

Facing the Other: Charles Cordier, Ethnographic Sculptor
October 12, 2004 - January 13, 2005

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The Eunuchs Dream
 

From Homer to the Harem:
The Art of Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ

June 22 - September 19, 2004

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Staging the Orient: Visions of the East at La Scala and The Metropolitan Opera
 

Staging the Orient: Visions of the East at La Scala and The Metropolitan Opera
March 2 - May 30, 2004

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Bargue Man With Horn
 

Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing
November 25, 2003 – February 8, 2004

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  Reframing Academic Art:
Masterworks of the Dahesh Museum of Art

September 3, 2003 - February 8, 2004

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French Artists in Rome: Ingres to Degas 1803-1873
  French Artists in Rome: Ingres to Degas, 1803-1873
September 3 - November 2, 2003

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Orpheus Sorrow
  Against the Modern: Dagnan-Bouveret and the Transformation of the Academic Tradition
September 12 - December 8, 2002

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Olana From the South
 

Fire & Ice: Treasures from the Photographic Collection of Frederic Church at Olana
June 4 - August 24, 2002

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Notre Dame de Paris
  French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
February 19 - May 18, 2002

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At the Tomb of the Virgin
 

Telling Tales II: Religious Images in 19th-Century Academic Art
October 16, 2001 - January 26, 2002

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Oedipus and the Sphinx
 

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The Prisoner
 
Gérôme & Goupil: Art and Enterprise
February 6 - May 5, 2001

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Sketch of The Letter
  Young Artists at the Dahesh Museum of Art: Works from our School Partners, Kid's Corner Family Guide and Youngest Visitors
January 10 - 17, 2001

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Cleopatra on the Terraces of Philae
  A Distant Muse: Orientalist Works from the Dahesh Museum of Art
September 5 - December 30, 2000

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Pontine Marshes
  In the Footsteps of Goethe: Paintings and Drawings from German Collections
May 30 - August 19, 2000

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In The Studio
  Overcoming All Obstacles: The Women of the Académie Julian
January 18 - May 13, 2000

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Jaffa
  Highlights from the Dahesh Museum Collection
September 14 - December 31, 1999

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  Revealing the Holy Land: A Photographic Exploration of Palestine
June 8 - August 28, 1999

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  A New Generation: Student Work from the New York Academy of Art
May 4 - May 22, 1999

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  A Victorian Salon: Paintings from the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, England
January 19 - April 17, 1999

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  French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition: Selections from the Collection of a European Foundation
September 22, 1998 - January 2, 1999

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  Image and Text: Orientalist Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
June 30 - September 5, 1998

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  Training an Artist: Alexandre Cabanel and the Academic Process in 19th-Century France
March 10 - June 3, 1998

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  Rosa Bonheur: All Nature's Children
December 17, 1997 - February 21, 1998

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The Dahesh Salon: The European Experience
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Art, Patronage and Presentation in America

July 1 - November 29, 1997

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  Religion and the Rustic Image in Late Academic Art
March 4 - June 7, 1997

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  Jean-Léon Gérôme and the Classical Imagination
October 22, 1996 - February 15, 1997

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  19th-Century Classical Photographs of Greece & Rome
From the Collection of the Berkshire Museum

October 22, 1996 - February 15, 1997

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  On the Prowl: Hunters and the Hunted
June 25 - October 5, 1996

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  Cupids: Flights of Fancy, Love and Mischief
February 13 - June 8, 1996

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  Picturing the Middle East: A Hundred Years of European Orientalism
October 17, 1995 - January 27, 1996

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  Pleasures of Rural Life: Domestic Scenes and Animals in Academic Art
June 27 - September 23, 1995

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  When Art Was Popular: The Salon and the Royal Academy in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
January 18 - June 10, 1995

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Exhibition History 1995 - Present
  • Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré
    January 23, 2007 - April 22, 2007
  • Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt
    June 8, 2006 - December 31, 2006
    January 23, 2007 - April 22, 2007

  • Stories to Tell: Masterworks from The Kelly Collection of American Illustration
    February 14 - May 21, 2006

  • The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
    11 October 2005 - 22 January 2006

  • The Dahesh Collection: Celebrating a Decade of Discovery
    24 May - 22 September 2005

  • First Seen: Photographs of the World's Peoples, 1840-1880
    February 1 - May 1, 2005

  • Facing the Other: Charles Cordier, Ethnographic Sculptor
    October 12, 2004 - January 13, 2005

  • From Homer to the Harem: The Art of Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ
    June 22 - September 19, 2004

  • Staging the Orient: Visions of the East at La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera
    March 2 - May 30, 2004

  • Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing
    November 25, 2003 - February 8, 2004

  • French Artists in Rome: Ingres to Degas, 1803-1873
    September 3 - November 2, 2003

  • Against the Modern: Dagnan-Bouveret and the Transformation of the Academic Tradition
    Exhibited at the National Academy of Design Museum
    September 12, 2002 - December 8, 2002
  • Fire & Ice: Treasures from the Photographic Collection of Frederic Church at Olana
    June 4, 2002 - August 24, 2002
  • French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
    February 20, 2002 - May 18, 2002
  • Telling Tales II: Religious Images in 19th-Century Academic Art
    October 16, 2001 - January 26, 2002
  • Telling Tales I: Classical Images from the Dahesh Museum of Art
    May 29, 2001 - September 29, 2001
  • Gérôme & Goupil: Art and Enterprise
    February 6, 2001 - May 5, 2001
  • A Distant Muse: Orientalist Works from the Dahesh Museum of Art
    September 5, 2000 - December 30, 2000
  • In the Footsteps of Goethe: Paintings and Drawings from German Collections
    May 30, 2000 - August 19, 2000
  • Overcoming All Obstacles: The Women of the Académie Julian
    January 18, 2000 - May 13, 2000
  • Highlights from the Dahesh Museum Collection
    September 14, 1999 - December 31, 1999
  • Revealing the Holy Land: The Photographic Exploration of Palestine
    June 8, 1999 - August 28, 1999
  • A New Generation: Student Work from the New York Academy of Art
    May 4, 1999 - May 22, 1999
  • A Victorian Salon: Paintings from the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, England
    January 19, 1999 - April 17, 1999
  • French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition
    September 22, 1998 - January 2, 1999
  • Image and Text: Orientalist Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
    June 30, 1998 - September 5, 1998
  • Training An Artist: Alexandre Cabanel and the Academic Process in 19th-Century France
    March 10, 1998 - June 13, 1998
  • Rosa Bonheur: All Nature's Children
    December 17, 1997 - February 21, 1998
  • The Dahesh Salon: Art, Patronage and Presentation in America
    September 16, 1997 - November 29, 1997
  • The Dahesh Salon: The European Experience
    July 1, 1997 - September 6, 1997
  • Religion and the Rustic Image in Late Academic Art
    March 4, 1997 - June 7, 1997
  • Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Greece and Rome from the Collection of the Berkshire Museum
    October 22, 1996 - February 15, 1997
  • Jean-Léon Gérôme and the Classical Imagination
    October 22, 1996 - February 15, 1997
  • On the Prowl: Hunters and the Hunted
    June 25, 1996 - October 5, 1996
  • Cupids: Flights of Fancy, Love and Mischief
    February 13, 1996 - June 8, 1996
  • Picturing the Middle East: A Hundred Years of European Orientalism
    October 17, 1995 - January 27, 1996
  • Pleasures of Rural Life: Domestic Scenes and Animals in Academic Art
    June 27, 1995 - September 23, 1995
  • When Art Was Popular: The Salon and the Royal Academy in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
    January 20, 1995 - June 10, 1995

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