The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art holds a superb collection of nearly 1,250 European drawings, watercolors, and pastels, but can rarely display them as they are sensitive to light. On view this season is the exhibition “Paper, Color, Line,” featuring 65 masterworks dating from the 16th through the late 20th centuries.
This trove is particularly strong in the 19th and 20th centuries, and among the talents represented are Courbet, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Schiele, Klee, and Miró. Another collection strength is theatrical designs, including works by Picasso, Léon Bakst, and Natalia Goncharova. Led by its curator of European art, Oliver Tostmann, the museum has made some exciting discoveries, all documented in the Wadsworth’s first ever catalogue devoted to this material.
“Paper, Color, Line”
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum
Hartford, Connecticut
thewadsworth.org
Through April 27, 2025
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