- Director’s Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Essays
- To the Reader
- Catalogue
- 1–4. Jules Adler
- 5. Ernest-André Andreas. Houses in the Moonlight
- 6–7. Adolphe Appian. Landscape at Sunset and Woman Seated at the Edge of a Pond
- 8. Artist Unknown. Bust of a Young Boy
- 9. Artist Unknown. Brook in a Forest Landscape
- 10. Artist Unknown. Man and Child with Sticks
- 11. Artist Unknown. Woman with a Hand Mirror
- 12. Alfred Eloi Auteroche. The Harrower
- 13. Antoine-Jean Bail. The Cornet
- 14. Claude Joseph Bail. Reflections on Copper Pots
- 15. Toshio Bando. Caravan in Front of a Hill
- 16. Emile Bastien Lepage. Landscape
- 17. Attributed to Camille Félix Bellanger. Street Builders
- 18. Jean Béraud. The Mad Writer, Study for “Les fous”
- 19–20. Hippolyte Dominique Berteaux
- 21. Armand Berton. Portrait of Félix Pichot
- 22–23. Albert Besnard
- 24. Alexandre Bida. Interior Scene with Woman Embroidering and Man Reading
- 25–31. François Bonvin
- 25. François Bonvin. Interior of a Monastery (in the manner of François-Marius Granet)
- 26. François Bonvin. Self-Portrait
- 27. François Bonvin. Study of Rocks
- 28. François Bonvin. The Old Beggar (also called The Ragpicker or Chiffonier)
- 29. François Bonvin. Beached Boat at Le Tréport
- 30. François Bonvin. Seated Old Woman Holding a Cane
- 31. François Bonvin. Up from the Cellar
- 32. Joseph Félix Bouchor. Procession at Le Croisic
- 33–35. Bernard Boutet de Monvel
- 36–37. Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel
- 38. Henri Marius-Camille Bouvet. Study for “Around a Lamp”
- 39. Louise Catherine Breslau. The Study of Drawing: Portrait of Yves Österlind, Age Nine
- 40. Jules Breton. Study for “The Gleaners of Courrières”
- 41–42. Gustave Brion
- 43. Jean Eugène Buland. Landscape
- 44. Attributed to Alexandre Cabanel. The Miller’s Wife
- 45. François Rupert Carabin. Recumbent Nude Woman
- 46. Alfred Casile. Beach Scene with Men Repairing a Boat
- 47. Julien Celos. The Dead City, Bruges
- 48–49. Jules Chadel
- 50–51. Edgar Chahine
- 52. Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet. Old Soldier Seated
- 53. François-Nicolas Chifflart. Rhadamistus Lowering Zenobia into the Araxes River
- 54. Georges Jules Victor Clairin. View of London
- 55. Emile Claus. Ernestine
- 56. Paul Colin. Man in Overcoat, with Added Study of His Head
- 57. Paul-Émile Colin. Returning from the Fields
- 58–59. Charles Cottet. Boats in the Port of Camaret and Brittany Landscape
- 60. Georges d’Espagnat. Yvette Guilbert Singing
- 61–62. Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret
- 63. Adrien Dauzats. Sheet of Studies of Pilgrims and Monks
- 64. Gabriel Alexandre Decamps. Peasant Woman Standing with a Boy
- 65. Aristide Delannoy. Barge Haulers
- 66. Eugène Delâtre. Saint-Jean-de-Monts (Vendée)
- 67. Robert Adrien Delétang. Two Figures: A Man and a Woman
- 68. Virginie Elodie Demont-Breton. Head Study, Portrait of a Young Woman
- 69. Jacques Antoine Doucet. Dancer in Orientalist Costume
- 70. Edouard Dufeu. A Corner of A. Vollon’s Studio
- 71. Jules Dupré. Shepherd Boy
- 72–73. Charles François Eustache
- 74. Baron Léon Frédéric. Study for “At the Meal” from the series “Flax and Wheat”
- 75. Henri Gervex. Study for “The Civil Marriage”
- 76. André Gill. Jeanne d’Arc
- 77. Norbert Goeneutte. Goeneutte’s Mother
- 78. Fernand Louis Gottlob. Elections
- 79. Gustave Achille Guillaumet. Moorish Woman, Study for “The Women of the Douar at the River”
- 80. Charles Guilloux. Sunset at La Frette
- 81. Constantin Guys. Study of a Turkish Guardhouse during Crimean War
- 82. Henri Joseph Harpignies. Landscape with Small Pond
- 83–84. Louis Welden Hawkins
- 85. Edouard-Louis Henry-Baudot. Deule Bridge, Douai
- 86. Louis Adolphe Hervier. Peasant Woman at Market Feeding Her Child
- 87–88. René Ernest Huet
- 89. Henri Gabriel Ibels. Mother and Child
- 90–91. Philippe Auguste Jeanron. On the Barricades and The Meeting
- 92–94. Charles Jouas
- 95. Pierre-Paul Jouve. Man along the Seine with a View of the Old Trocadéro
- 96. Daniel Ridgway Knight. Boats on a Beach
- 97–98. Ernest Laborde
- 99. Eugène Laermans. The Prayer
- 100–101. Maxime Lalanne. Landscape with a House Behind Large Elm Trees near Bordeaux and River Landscape
- 102. Paul Lecomte. Normandy Countryside
- 103–104. Louis Legrand
- 105. Alphonse Legros. Old Vagabond Seated in a Forest
- 106. André LeMoigne. Arab Woman
- 107–109. Auguste Louis Lepère
- 110–112. Georges Paul Leroux
- 113. Louis Leroy. Actor on Stage
- 114–117. Léon-Augustin Lhermitte
- 118. Alexandre Lunois. Scandinavian Peasant Woman in an Interior
- 119. Albert Maignan. October
- 120. François Maréchal. Seated Miner
- 121. Gaston Maréchaux. Give Your Gold, It Is Wheat for France
- 122. Camille Martin. Woman in a Kimono
- 123. Charles Maurin. Mother Combing Her Daughter’s Hair
- 124–126. Xavier Mellery
- 127–128. Constantin Meunier
- 129–142. Charles Milcendeau
- 129. Charles Milcendeau. Beggar with a Bottle
- 130. Charles Milcendeau. Portrait of a Vendean
- 131. Charles Milcendeau. Blind Man Eating His Soup
- 132. Charles Milcendeau. Making Butter, Brittany Interior
- 133. Charles Milcendeau. Women and Children at Ouessant
- 134. Charles Milcendeau. Two Young Vendean Girls in an Interior
- 135. Charles Milcendeau. Old Woman Praying
- 136. Charles Milcendeau. Old Spanish Woman
- 137. Charles Milcendeau. Vendean Peasant Drinking
- 138. Charles Milcendeau. Street Scene in Seville
- 139. Charles Milcendeau. Milcendeau’s House at Bois Durand
- 140. Charles Milcendeau. Portrait of a Young Woman
- 141. Charles Milcendeau. Woman Knitting Seated in a Room with a Young Girl Holding a Cat
- 142. Charles Milcendeau. Young Woman Working with Her Hands
- 143. Tony Minartz. Beach Scene
- 144. Henri Monnier. Portrait of a Man
- 145–146. Simon Moulijn
- 147. Hans Müller-Strelar. Young Woman Painting a Chair in a Garden
- 148. Célestin François Nanteuil. Allegorical Scene
- 149. André Jacques Victor Orsel. Woman Singing, Study for a Church Decoration
- 150–152. Lucien Ott
- 153. Eugène Pascau. Woman with a Pince-nez
- 154–157. Isidore Pils
- 158. Victor Emile Prouvé. Old Man Seated
- 159. Alexandre Abel de Pujol. Portrait of a Woman
- 160. Richard Ranft. Bust of a Woman Seen from the Back in a Landscape
- 161–167. Théodule Ribot
- 168. Philippe Rousseau. Portrait of a Young Man in a Landscape
- 169. Michel André Samanos. Ragpickers in Saint Ouen
- 170. Émile Schuffenecker. Peasant Woman with a Hoe
- 171–173. Georges Bertin Scott
- 174. Jeanne Simon (née Dauchez). Paul Simon
- 175. Jules Andre Smith. Old World Country Cottages
- 176. Jakob Smits. Four Studies of the Same Woman
- 177–179. Henry Somm (François Clément Sommier)
- 180. Théophile Alexandre Steinlen. Street Guitar Player
- 181–182. Théodore Valério
- 183. Henri Vever. Marguerite Vever
- 184–185. Alexis Vollon
- 186–188. Antoine Vollon
- 189. Adrien de Witte. The Curtain
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