Past Exhibition

Visions of City and Country

The image shows a landscape scene with a path leading through dense foliage. The horizon is obscured, creating depth. The foliage is etched with intricate details, suggesting trees. The path is lined with sketch-like brushstrokes. The color palette is monochromatic in dark gray and off-white tones. Two figures and a horse are subtly included, blending into the landscape. The scene appears complex with movement and shadows.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Horseman and Vagabond in the Forest (Le Cavalier en forêt et le piéton), 1854, cliché-verre, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1975.73.1

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    East Building, Ground Floor, Northwest, Pod II (3,000 sq. ft.)
The image shows a landscape scene with a path leading through dense foliage. The horizon is obscured, creating depth. The foliage is etched with intricate details, suggesting trees. The path is lined with sketch-like brushstrokes. The color palette is monochromatic in dark gray and off-white tones. Two figures and a horse are subtly included, blending into the landscape. The scene appears complex with movement and shadows.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Horseman and Vagabond in the Forest (Le Cavalier en forêt et le piéton), 1854, cliché-verre, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1975.73.1

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.

Attendance: 25,406

Catalog: Visions of City and Country: Prints and Photographs of Nineteenth-Century France, by Bonnie L. Grad and Timothy A. Riggs. Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Art Museum/American Federation of Arts, 1982.

Other Venues:

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