EUROPEAN COLLECTION

The second floor of The Appleton Museum of Art is devoted to a significant collection of European paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts. Among the works are examples of nineteenth century realism by painters Bouguereau, Gérôme, and Cot and sculptors Carrier-Belleuse and Carpeaux. There are landscapes by Barbizon painters Rousseau, Dupre, and Diaz de la Peña and romantic sculptures by Rodin and Barye. There are fine ceramics from Meissen, Wedgewood, and Sèvres as well as nineteenth century European and American art glass. The collection is based on a solid foundation of academic art with a fine sampling of avant-garde pieces.

William Adolphe Bouguereau, French
Jeune Bergère (Young Shepherdess), 41 3/4 X 31 inches, Oil on Canvas
Gift of Arthur I. Appleton