Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will exhibit "Art in the Age of Steam "

Paul Delvaux - Belgian, 1897-1994 - The Iron Age, 1951 - Oil on canvas - Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Oostende

KANSAS CITY, MO – A major international exhibition opening this fall at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960, will capture the excitement and range of emotions that steam-powered trains elicited as railroads reshaped culture around the world. The exhibition, open from Sept. 13 through Jan. 18, 2009, will feature more than 100 paintings, prints, drawings and photographs drawn from 64 museums and private collections.

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