THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, ANNOUNCED TODAY A STUNNING LOAN EXHIBITION OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON DC. THE EXHIBITION WILL PRESENT A SELECTION OF 50 PAINTINGS FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART'S PREMIER HOLDINGS WHILE THE GALLERIES THAT HOUSE ITS 19th CENTURY FRENCH COLLECTION ARE CLOSED FOR RESTORATION AND RENOVATION. THE NATIONAL GALLERY'S IMPRESSIONIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST COLLECTION RANKS AMONG THE FINEST IN THE WORLD AND FEATURES SOME OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS ACTIVE IN FRANCE BETWEEN THE 1860s AND THE EARLY 20th CENTURY, INCLUDING CEZANNE, DEGAS, MANET, MONET, RENOIR, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND VAN GOGH. 'IMPRESSIONIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE EUROPEAN GALLERIES OF THE MFAH's RAFAEL MONEO-DESIGNED AUDREY JONES BECK BUILDING. THE SHOW WILL RUN FROM 20.FEBRUARY THROUGH 22.MAY.2011.
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