William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905),
“Tricoteuse (The Knitter),” 1879, Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 24 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917), “Le Penseur (The Thinker),” 19th Century (Casting ca. 1920-1930), Bronze, edition 10 of 86, 27 1/4 × 14 1/2 × 22 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807-1876), “La Figure dans une Clairière (Figure in a Clearing),” 1875, Oil on panel, 19 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton
Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (French, 1827-1906), “Femmes Récoltant des Pommes de Terre (Women Harvesting Potatoes),” 1868, Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 41 1/8 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824 – 1904), “Odalisque,” not dated, Oil on canvas, 15 ½ x 12 ¼ in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton.
Beloved by the public and museum founder Arthur I. Appleton, the European collection spans the 17th through 19th centuries and includes painting, sculpture and decorative arts from France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Great Britain and Germany. Artistic movements such as Romanticism, Post-Romanticism, Realism, Orientalism and the pre-Raphaelites are represented. Acclaimed artists in the collection include Auguste Rodin, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña, William Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Jules Breton.