OCT 5, 2025 TO JAN 25, 2026
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Tickets open to the public on August 30.
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Claude Monet, The Water Lily Pond (Clouds), 1903. Oil on canvas. Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., bequest of Mrs. Eugene McDermott in honor of Nancy Hamon.
Henri Matisse, Pont Saint-Michel, 1901. Oil on canvas. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Bequest of Wright S. Ludington © 2025 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will become an exciting place this fall to experience two major exhibitions of Impressionist and 19th Century art, among the most popular and beautiful ever created. The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art explores the rebellious origins of the independent artist collective known as the Impressionists and the revolutionary course they charted for modern art. The exhibition features a rich array of paintings, including exquisite examples by Monet, van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Mondrian, Morisot, and Munch tell a story of a plucky group of artists who challenged the status quo and won, changing art forever.
This major exhibition is organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and has been curated by Nicole R. Myers, Ph.D., Chief Curator and Research Officer, The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Senior Curator of European Art, Dallas Museum of Art.
The presentation in Santa Barbara is coordinated by James Glisson, Chief Curator, SBMA; Andrew Witte, Curatorial Assistant for Photography and New Media, SBMA; and Charles Wylie, Former Curator of Photography and New Media, SBMA
The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art is made possible through the generosity of
The Dana and Albert R. Broccoli Charitable Foundation
Manitou Fund — Nora McNeely Hurley and Michael Hurley
SBMA Ambassadors
Christine and Michael Holland
Carol and Michael Linn
Nancy and Doug Norberg
Richard and Melanie De Schutter
Kate Feldstein
Priscilla Gaines
Judith Little
Carol MacCorkle
Mimi Michaelis
Beth and George Wood
Jane and Ken Anderson, Jane Eagleton, Rosemary and Nicholas Mutton, Ruth & Joseph C. Reed Foundation for the Arts, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, The Zegar Family Foundation
Encore: 19th-Century French Art from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art has more than 40 artworks on view. Using 19th-century paintings and photographs, the exhibition takes you on a virtual tour of Parisian sites, such as Notre Dame and Eiffel Tour, but also to the famed French Riviera, the cliffs of Normandy, lush countryside farms, and to the places these artists traveled. Illustrating the deep holdings in photography, sculpture and paintings from the period—including 4 Monets—this exhibition both recreates the milieu of these artists but also reveals the breadth and importance of the Museum’s vast holdings.
Encore: 19th Century French Art from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is made possible through the generosity of
SBMA PhotoFutures
Gwen and Henry Baker
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