Encore: 19th-Century French Art at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Encore: 19th-Century French Art at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is being curated at SBMA by Charles Wylie. Including paintings, photographs, sculpture and works on paper, this unprecedented exhibition in its own separate gallery will complement The Impressionist Revolution, demonstrating how Paris became an international 19th-century phenomenon; how an array of artistic, literary and political figures made Paris their scintillating home; and how the construction of the Paris Opera can be seen as a symbol for the many cultural, social, and political forces that Paris faced within a restless, often volatile France, Europe, and world. Encore will also impress visitors with the depth and quality of SBMA's own dazzling collection of 19th-century French art, while immersing them in a superb gathering of French works that will never be seen together again.

On view in conjunction with The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art.