Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

June 26, 2019 – January 5, 2020

Updated Jun 25, 2019

In Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts, an Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., a selection of more than forty Impressionist and post-Impressionist treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts traces the arc of a period that elevated the irreducible beauty of the everyday to the status of fine art.

"Woman in an Armchair," 1874, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

In Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts, an Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., a selection of more than forty Impressionist and post-Impressionist treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts traces the arc of a period that elevated the irreducible beauty of the everyday to the status of fine art.

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Study for “Le Chahut,” 1889, Georges Seurat, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, General Purchase Funds, 1943:10.

Study for “Le Chahut,” 1889, Georges Seurat, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, General Purchase Funds, 1943:10.

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"The Yellow Christ," 1889, Paul Gauguin, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, General Purchase Funds, 1946:4

"The Yellow Christ," 1889, Paul Gauguin, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, General Purchase Funds, 1946:4

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Study for “Le Pont de l’Europe,” 1876, Gustave Caillebotte, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, by exGallery, Buffalo, New York. Photograph by Tom Loonan and Brenda Bieger, courtesy of Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Study for “Le Pont de l’Europe,” 1876, Gustave Caillebotte, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, by exGallery, Buffalo, New York. Photograph by Tom Loonan and Brenda Bieger, courtesy of Albright-Knox Art Gallery

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"Portrait of Postman Roulin," 1888, Vincent van Gogh, Dutch; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

"Portrait of Postman Roulin," 1888, Vincent van Gogh, Dutch; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Towpath at Argenteuil, Winter, 1875–76, Claude Monet, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Gift of Charles Clifton, 1919:8.

Towpath at Argenteuil, Winter, 1875–76, Claude Monet, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Gift of Charles Clifton, 1919:8.

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"Woman Sewing," about 1879, Berthe Morisot, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Fellows for Life Fund, 1926:1.

"Woman Sewing," about 1879, Berthe Morisot, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Fellows for Life Fund, 1926:1.

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"Dancers in the Green Room," 1879, Edgar Degas, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

"Dancers in the Green Room," 1879, Edgar Degas, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

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"Woman in an Armchair," 1874, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

"Woman in an Armchair," 1874, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

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"Rounded Flower Bed (Corbeille de fleurs)", 1876, Claude Monet, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

"Rounded Flower Bed (Corbeille de fleurs)", 1876, Claude Monet, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

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"View of Le Crotoy from Upstream", 1889, Georges Pierre Seurat, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

"View of Le Crotoy from Upstream", 1889, Georges Pierre Seurat, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

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"The Kitchen at Piette’s", Montfoucault, 1874, Camille Pissarro, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

"The Kitchen at Piette’s", Montfoucault, 1874, Camille Pissarro, French; oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.

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"Morning in Provence," about 1900-1906, Paul Cézanne, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ribbel through the Frank E. Ribbel Bequest, 1936:6.

"Morning in Provence," about 1900-1906, Paul Cézanne, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ribbel through the Frank E. Ribbel Bequest, 1936:6.

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