The strange, poetic and sensual paintings of Jacques-Louis David’s dissident pupil, who witnessed both the Revolution and the Empire, broadened the horizons of French painting and introduced the world of immateriality and dreams.
Upon the initiative of the Cleveland Museum of Art, this exhibition was co-organized by the Musée du Louvre and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux, in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. With the exceptional participation of the Musée Girodet (Montargis).
This exhibition was made possible through the support of American Friends of the Louvre, and the support of France Info, i>TELE, and Zurban as media partners.
After its run at the Louvre, this exhibit will travel to Chicago, New York, and Montreal.
– Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, February 11 to April 30, 2006
– New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 22 to August 27, 2006
– Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, October 12, 2006, to January 21, 2007
Publications: Exhibition catalogue: Girodet, 1767–1824, edited by Sylvain Bellenger, a Musée du Louvre Editions / Gallimard co-edition, 352 p., about €49; Album: Girodet, by Sylvain Bellenger, a Musée du Louvre Editions / Gallimard co-edition, 48 p., about €8
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