The artworks in this exhibition constitute a small portion of an extensive collection of prints committed to the Currier Museum of Art. Most of these prints are dated from after World War II and created by artists working in the United States and Paris. 

Given the vast breadth of the collection, we have selected objects illustrating the collector’s passion for artists working in his beloved Paris, such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Sonia Delaunay, and Georges Rouault.

We are delighted to share with our community this initial selection of works, introducing them to this important and previously unseen private collection.

The School of Paris  

The School of Paris (French: École de Paris) refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. Considered by many as the cultural capital of Europe, Paris was also one of the first global cities.

Its multicultural and polyglot art community included many Americans, like artists Gertrude Stein, Sam Francis, Al Held, and Joan Mitchell, along with writers James Baldwin and Ernest Hemingway, to name a few. 

Support by Tamar Krichevsky and Mike Rosen.