Enfilade

From The Morgan:

David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, 23 September — 31 December 2011

Curated by Louis-Antoine Prat

This exhibition features the first-ever U.S. showing of some of finest French drawings from the Louvre, covering a period between 1789 and 1848 when France experienced a tremendous political, social, and cultural upheaval.  Some 75 drawings by such artists as Jacques-Louis David, J. A. D. Ingres, Eugène Delacroix, J. B. C. Corot, Théodore Gericault, Pierre Paul Prud’hon, and their contemporaries, will be presented. The exhibition will be organized chronologically, with large groups of works by David, Ingres, and Delacroix, serving as major focal points.

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“In the Drawing Room,” a profile by Martin Bailey of curator and collector Louis-Antoine Prat appeared in the September issue of The Art Newspaper (published online on 20 September). Prat is also curating the upcoming Watteau exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.