Eurpean Painting and Sculpture after 1800

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston houses a world-famous collection of European painting and sculpture, including such masterpieces as Renoir's Dance at Bougival, Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, Degas's Little Dancer, Turner's Slave Ship and the largest collection of paintings by Claude Monet outside of France. This overview features these well-known and much-loved works, divided into thematic chapters that represent major art movements, with an introduction that describes the phenomena that helped chart the course of art in the period. In all more than 100 highlights from this impressive collection are illustrated and discussed, each testifying to the richness and complexity of European art in the modern era. The MFA Highlights series presents the best of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's collections accessibly and affordably. Its aim is threefold: to make available the greatest masterworks in the MFA, to provide an informative, readable overview of various artistic genres, cultures, and periods, for use by students, visitors, and scholars, and, over time, to create a library that will act as a general tour of world art through the ages.

Emily A. Beeny is Associate Curator at the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California.
Marietta Cambareri is Curator, Decorative Arts and Sculpture, and Jetskalina H. Phillips Curator of Judaica, Art of Europe, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.