FRANCE

Of the more than three hundred objects in the French collection, most are prints and drawings from well-known nineteenth and twentieth century artists, such as Rosa Bonheur, Honoré Daumier, Georges Braque, Odilon Redon, Marcel Duchamp, Edgar Degas, Henri Fantin-Latour, H. Toulouse-Lautrec, Maurice Vlaminck, Henri Matisse, Auguste Brouet, and Maxime Lalanne. The majority of the collection is made up of one hundred and thirty-five prints by Jean Louis Forain, one of the largest such collections in the United States. Denison also holds seventeen prints by the sixteenth century artist, Leonard Gaultier, and several works by the seventeenth century artist, Francois Verdier. Oil paintings in the collection are by Jules Arsene Garnier, Nicholas Lancret, Jules Breton (Brittany Girl), and Jules Lefebvre (Girl by the Sea).