Beyond Impressionism: Printmaking from Manet to Picasso

Édouard Manet, Olympia (small plate), 1865. Image: Courtauld Institute of Art.

Taking a comprehensive view of Post-Impressionism, this exhibition spans the reappraisal of the artform in the 1850s through to the 1930s. Featuring works by Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Édouard Manet, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot among others, the exhibition explores how the artists, perhaps best-known for their works in paint, made remarkable contributions to the medium of printmaking.

Spanning the mid-19th century through to the 1930s, Beyond Impressionism explores how the artists best known for their iconic paintings also transformed the art of printmaking. Through striking etchings, lithographs and woodblock prints, visitors can discover a different side to these famous names and see how they experimented with new techniques, subjects and styles.

Highlights include Manet’s portrait of fellow artist Berthe Morisot, Toulouse-Lautrec’s famous Moulin Rouge posters, Van Gogh’s peaceful Gardener by an Apple Tree, rare woodblock prints by Paul Gauguin, and works by Picasso that showcase his extraordinary creativity beyond painting.

The exhibition also reveals how artists captured everything from the energy of Parisian nightlife to quiet moments of family life and the beauty of the countryside. Alongside European masterpieces, visitors will see Japanese prints by Utagawa Hiroshige, whose work inspired many of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.