CLEVELAND.-Impressionist and Modern Masters from The Cleveland Museum of Art, one of several CMA traveling exhibition series, drew more than 480,000 visitors in Asia with venues in Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing and attracted more than 200,000 during its stop in Vancouver, British Columbia. This exhibition, making a stop in Cleveland this fall, covers a century of art making from 1864 to 1964 and showcases important works by the major Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, early modern sculptors and avant-garde artists interested in Dadaism, Cubism and Surrealism. The exhibition travels to the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, in February 2008, then on to Salt Lake City and Detroit. The works will return to be installed in the permanent collection galleries of The Cleveland Museum of Art in early 2009.

Modern Masters, features 137 works from the museum’s distinguished collection of 19th and 20th century European art. The exhibition, also known as Monet to Dalí on its world tour, includes masterworks in painting, drawing, prints and sculpture by the most important and influential artists of the modernist era. Organized as a large touring exhibition, the presentation has been expanded in Cleveland to include works seen only at this venue. Among the featured highlights are pastels and works on paper not normally on view. Visitors will be able to view iconic works by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Auguste Rodin, tracing the development of modern European art from Impressionism through early-20th-century avant-gardes. For further information, call 1-888-CMA-0033 or visit www.ClevelandArt.org.

Impressionist and Modern Masters from The Cleveland Museum of Art has been organized from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The presenting sponsor is Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP. Admission is free due to the generosity of Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP. Additional support has been provided by Key Bank. Underwriting for the World Tour of Modern Masters was provided in part by The Timken Company, a CMA Global Partner. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this exhibition with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is one of America’s leading comprehensive Museums. Its permanent collection is world renowned for its quality and breadth, spanning 6,000 years. The Museum is a significant international forum for exhibitions, scholarship and art acquisitions. For more information on the Museum, its holdings, programs, services and events, call 1-888-CMA-0033 or visit www.Clevelandart.org