"A Refined Eye" at San Antonio Museum of Art

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The San Antonio Museum of Art is celebrating the legacy of founding member Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. with an exhibition of 30 paintings and 30 works on paper from his collection. A Refined Eye, which runs through Oct. 9, will focus on Denmans many European oil paintings, drawings, lithographs and engravings from artists as varied as Henri Matisse, John Singer Sargent, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt and Pablo Picasso.

Always an active donor to the museum, after Denmans death in 2004, the San Antonio Museum of Art inherited the remainder of his prestigious collection. Aside from occasional loans to the Museum, none of the works in A Refined Eye have ever been seen by the public.

The exhibition, while canvassing a wide range of time periods, nations and media, has a significant focus on French 19th-century painting, including master works by Camille Pissaro, William Adolphe Bouguereau, Gustave Doré, Henri Fantin-Latour, Jean-Baptiste-Armand Guillaumin and Berthe Morisot. Included alongside Morisots work are portraits of her by contemporaries Pierre-August Renior and Edouard Manet.

Denman (1921-2004) is best known for donating his internationally renowned collection of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, which make up the majority of the museums Ewing Halsell Wing for Ancient Art.