Manet's masterpiece "The fifer" is on show at the Hong Kong Museum of Art as part of the Year of France in China promotion

Art lovers will have the opportunity to observe the daily life and landscape in nineteenth century France through the eyes of some of the world's greatest painters at an exhibition held in Hong Kong. 

A total of 47 impressionist masterpieces from the prestigious Musee d'Orsay in Paris and other major French museums are on a 10 weeks exhibition (5 February-10 April) at the Hong Kong Museum of Art as part of the Year of France in China promotion.

The exhibition followed the successful cultural exchange programme Year of China in France in 2004. Entitled Impressionism: Treasures from the National Collection of France, it includes internationally acclaimed and much loved masterpieces of the impressionist school such as Manet's "The fifer", Degas' "The dance class" and Manet's "Water lilies" as well as other works by these artists and by Renoir, Cezanne, Pissarro and Sisley.

The show will next go on to Shanghai and Beijing as part of the Year of France in China promotion.

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