Exalting in Life's Sweeter Side; Shows at Washington's National Gallery of Art and the Albuquerque Museum in New Mexico celebrate the craftsmanship and accomplishment of French painters.(THE NATION)

Insight on the News | January 19, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Stephen Goode, INSIGHT

Two first-rate exhibitions one at a major U.S. gallery, the other touring top galleries in smaller towns across the country brought great French paintings to the American public in 2003, and many of the paintings will continue to be on view in 2004. The National Gallery of Art in Washington displayed "The Age of Watteau, Chardin and Fragonard," a show of genre painting by 18th-century masters. Genre painting is an art-world term for works picturing scenes from everyday life.

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