The High Museum’s curator of European Art, Claudia Einecke tells “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes that she can’t pick out a favorite from the museum’s “European Masterworks” exhibit, which features works from Picasso, Daumier, Bonnard and many more.
“75 works in the exhibition, 75 highlights!” she laughs.
The pieces are from The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C, which is comprised of some of the greatest European masterworks of 19th and early 20th century art. They are usually housed in a beautiful mansion that belonged to its namesake, Duncan Phillips. With the museum in D.C. closed for renovation, several of its masterpieces are travelling, and Atlanta is among the few destinations for the exhibit.
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