19th & 20th Century European Art
Sotheby’s
Start Date
February 5, 2026
Sale Date
February 5, 2026
Total Lots
51
About This Auction
For the inaugural New York 19th- & 20th-Century European Art sale at The Breuer, Sotheby's is pleased to present a live sale bringing together paintings of exceptional quality, presence, and expressive range. Rather than following a single movement, the selection reflects a century in which artists balanced ideal form and academic excellence with an increasingly nuanced attention to mood, atmosphere, and ambiguity. The sale is anchored by outstanding examples of sensual classicism and ideal beauty by William Adolphe Bouguereau, Frederic Leighton, John William Godward, and Albert Joseph Moore, whose works exemplify refinement, harmony, and control of the human figure at the highest level. Complementing them are sublime expressions of academic and Salon tradition by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Friedrich Nerly, where restraint, atmosphere, and tonal balance elevate observation into enduring form.
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19th & 20th Century European Art
Sotheby’s
Start Date
February 5, 2026
Sale Date
February 5, 2026
Total Lots
51
About This Auction
For the inaugural New York 19th- & 20th-Century European Art sale at The Breuer, Sotheby's is pleased to present a live sale bringing together paintings of exceptional quality, presence, and expressive range. Rather than following a single movement, the selection reflects a century in which artists balanced ideal form and academic excellence with an increasingly nuanced attention to mood, atmosphere, and ambiguity. The sale is anchored by outstanding examples of sensual classicism and ideal beauty by William Adolphe Bouguereau, Frederic Leighton, John William Godward, and Albert Joseph Moore, whose works exemplify refinement, harmony, and control of the human figure at the highest level. Complementing them are sublime expressions of academic and Salon tradition by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Friedrich Nerly, where restraint, atmosphere, and tonal balance elevate observation into enduring form.
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ArtCollection.io is a cloud based solution that gives you access to your collection anywhere you have a secure internet connection. In addition to a beautiful web dashboard, we also provide users with a suite of mobile applications that allow for data synchronization and offline browsing. Feel confident in your ability to access your art collection anywhere around the world at anytime. Download ArtCollection.io today!