French Moderns: Matisse / Renoir / Degas
September 11, 2026
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Immerse yourself in French Moderns: Matisse / Renoir / Degas, an exhibition of 56 artworks that positions France as the artistic center of international Modernism from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries.
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On view Jun. 20 - Oct. 11, 2026
Now Featuring Three Monet Paintings!
Thanks to a lucky travel coincidence, three Monet paintings are coming to French Moderns: Matisse / Renoir / Degas, starting on August 7! The remarkable paintings were each on their way home from being on loan to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco but are now stopping at the Frick to join the other 56 works in the exhibition. With the purchase of a French Moderns ticket, you can see the paintings in the Jacobean Gallery for an intimate viewing experience of one of history’s most beloved and recognizable artists. All three Monet paintings will be on view through the end of the exhibition on October 11.
Encompassing realism, impressionism, post-impressionism, symbolism, Fauvism, cubism, and surrealism, French Moderns: Matisse / Renoir / Degas exemplifies the avant-garde movements that defined modern art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and that continue to awe art-goers today. Ranging widely in style, the exhibition features paintings, drawings and sculptures created by the era’s leading artists born in France, as well as those who studied and exhibited there, including Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Henri Matisse, Berthe Morisot, Gabriele Münter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Auguste Rodin.
French Moderns: Matisse / Renoir / Degas is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art at the Brooklyn Museum
