1980 Exhibitions
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- American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875
- February 10 – June 15, 1980
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- In Praise of America: Masterworks of American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830
- February 17 – July 6, 1980
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- American Decorative Arts: Renderings from the Index of American Design
- February 24 – July 27, 1980
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- Italian Drawings 1780-1890
- March 16 – May 11, 1980
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- Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting, 1880-1906
- May 25 – September 1, 1980
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- The Busch-Reisinger Museum: The Twentieth-Century Collection
- June 15 – September 3, 1980
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- American Indian Life: Paintings by George Catlin
- August 3 – December 31, 1980
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- The Morton G. Neumann Family Collection
- August 31, 1980 – January 11, 1981
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- Gods, Saints, and Heroes: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt
- November 2, 1980 – January 4, 1981
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- The Search for Alexander
- November 16, 1980 – April 5, 1981
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- Picasso: The Saltimbanques
- December 14, 1980 – March 15, 1981