 The Department of Modern and Contemporary Art encompasses works created throughout the world between 1870 and the present, including painting, sculpture, video, and performance.The systematic collection of modern works began in the late 1940s, with many key pieces received as alumni gifts or bequests.The collection includes an important group of late landscapes by Claude Monet as well as an enigmatic painting by Édouard Manet, found in his studio after his death.