Lucas Collection of French Art

This year the Baltimore Museum of Art celebrates the 10th anniversary of the acquisition of the Lucas Collection and is presenting an exhibition selected from the collection, of approximately 200 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and artist palettes.

George A. Lucas was a Baltimorean expatriate who spent 50 years in Paris as an art dealer, during which time he amassed more than 20,000 works of art, capturing the artistic spirit of the 19th century. A friend to many leading French artists of the time, his collection represents a unique insight into their world accumulated through the eyes of one man.

The exhibition features works by such renowned artists as Édouard Manet, James McNeill Whistler, and Mary Cassatt, Théodore Rousseau and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. It runs from October 1 through December 31, 2006