The Sheepshearers

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts 19th Annual Exhibition, 1880, cat. 31. Paris, l’École des Beaux-Arts, Exposition des œuvres de J. F. Millet, 1887, cat. 45. Paris, Galérie Georges Petit, Exposition de chefs-d’œuvre de l’école française, May 2–31, 1910, cat. 120. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 256. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 199C. Toledo Museum of Art, Artists Unappreciated in Their Day, November 5–December 10, 1939, cat. 6. Denver Art Museum, Man at Work, March 2–April 27, 1952, no cat. no. Carbondale, Illinois, Southern Illinois University, A Festival of Fine Arts, February 26–March 10, 1956, cat. 3. Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Theo van Gogh, 1857–1891: Art Dealer, Collector and Brother of Vincent, May 9–August 22, 1999, cat. 89; traveled to the Paris, Musée d’Orsay, September 20, 1999–January 9, 2000. Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh's Bedrooms, Feb. 14 - May 10, 2016.

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