Overview: 143 works (5 works in the catalogue were not shown in Washington), selected from public and private collections in France, Canada, and the United States, traced the development of landscape art in France during the 19th century. The changing attitudes toward city and country and the evolution of urban planning were documented.

Organization: This traveling exhibition of the American Federation of Arts was organized by Bonnie L. Grad of Clark University and Timothy A. Riggs of the Worcester Art Museum.

Sponsor: Funding came from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Other Venues:

• Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
• Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill