May 10-August 10, 2025

Impressionism’s radical break with tradition in the 1870s and 1880s gave rise to the first Modernist movements in France. The artists represented in this gallery range from Post-Impressionism (a term coined in 1910) to the Pointillist, Fauve, and Nabis movements. Ultimately, each artist followed an independent path of Modernism, challenging established conventions in the first decades of the twentieth century.

Featured at top right: Suzanne Valadon (AKA Marie-Clémentine Valadon), Young Girl in Front of a Window (detail), 1930. Oil on canvas. Gift of Richard T. and Roberta F. Silberman, 1976.306.