Philadelphia Museum of Art Announces Major Gift

By Kara Seymour

The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced this week that it has received five paintings by prominent French artists.

According to the museum, the paintings were acquired as a bequest from Helen Tyson Madeira, a longtime supporter.

The paintings include:

• Mont Sainte-Victoire (1902–6) by Paul Cézanne
• Basket of Fruit (1864) by Édouard Manet
• Railroad to Dieppe (1886) and Avenue de l’Opéra: Morning Sunshine(1898), both by Camille Pissarro
• Young Girl with Basket (1892) by Berthe Morisot.

In addition, two rare early portraits by Marcel Duchamp were received from Yolande Candel, daughter of Duchamp’s lifelong friend Gustave Candel, the museum said in an announcement.

“These works, currently on view in the galleries, add greater depth to areas of the collection that are already very strong. The Museum has extensive holdings of the works of Cézanne and houses the world’s largest collection of works by Duchamp,” the museum said.

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(Photo: Screenshot of Mont Sainte-Victoire (1902–6) by Paul Cézanne)