FRICK COLLECTION PRESENTS ‘GABRIEL DE SAINT-AUBIN’

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NEW YORK CITY — The Frick Collection presents “Gabriel De Saint-Aubin (1724–1780),” on view through January 27.

The exhibition is devoted to the art of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, one of the French Enlightenment’s most original and innovative artists. The fruit of many years’ research by curators on both sides of the Atlantic, the exhibition is the first major retrospective on the artist in more than 80 years and the first to include works from both European and North American collections. It is also the first such collaborative effort between The Frick Collection and the Musée du Louvre, Paris (where the show will be on display February 27–May 26).

The exhibition includes a prime selection of Saint-Aubin’s prolific and varied oeuvre, comprising some 50 drawings and a small but exceptional sample of his most memorable paintings and etchings.

These selections demonstrate the artist’s achievement in a variety of thematic areas, ranging from ancient history to portraiture to the decorative arts, while highlighting the representations of contemporary Paris for which he is best known.

The Frick Collection is at 1 East 70th Street, near Fifth Avenue. For information, 212-288-0700 or www.frick.org.