# 20th-century France

Time and place · hang 749 · 12 works

Works made in France in the 20th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Nude](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nude-nga-46550), Roger de La Fresnaye, 1910. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/nude-nga-46550?hang=749)
2. [The Repast of the Lion](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-repast-of-the-lion-met-438822), Henri Rousseau, ca. 1907. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/the-repast-of-the-lion-met-438822?hang=749)
3. [The Bathers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-bathers-nga-108617), Roger de La Fresnaye, 1912. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/the-bathers-nga-108617?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Fishmarket](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fishmarket-cma-74228), Camille Pissarro, 1902. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/fishmarket-cma-74228?hang=749)
5. [Water Lilies](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/water-lilies-aic-16568), Claude Monet, 1906. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/water-lilies-aic-16568?hang=749)
6. [Vétheuil](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/vetheuil-aic-16579), Claude Monet, 1901. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/vetheuil-aic-16579?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. [The River](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-river-cma-150508), Maxime Maufra, 1902. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/the-river-cma-150508?hang=749)
8. [Water Lilies (Agapanthus)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/water-lilies-agapanthus-cma-136510), Claude Monet, c. 1915–26. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/water-lilies-agapanthus-cma-136510?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

9. [The Houses of Parliament, Sunset](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-houses-of-parliament-sunset-nga-46523), Claude Monet, 1903. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/the-houses-of-parliament-sunset-nga-46523?hang=749)
10. [André Bénac](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/andre-benac-cma-150507), Édouard Vuillard, 1936. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/andre-benac-cma-150507?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

11. [Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fight-between-a-tiger-and-a-buffalo-cma-126769), Henri Rousseau, 1908. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/fight-between-a-tiger-and-a-buffalo-cma-126769?hang=749)
12. [Madame Helleu Cradling Paulette in Her Arms](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madame-helleu-cradling-paulette-in-her-arms-nga-144395), Paul-César Helleu, 1904/1905. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-france/madame-helleu-cradling-paulette-in-her-arms-nga-144395?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Paul-César Helleu's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-paul-cesar-helleu?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Early modernism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism?hang=749&via=continue) (68 works)