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America鈥檚 Impressionism: Echoes Of A Revolution
Impressionism has been one of the most enduring styles of art ever produced, and its complex and often contradictory American variation has captured and held public attention for more than a century. But although French and American Impressionism share some terminology and some artistic elements, this exhibition will demonstrate that the two styles diverged quite dramatically.
As American artists鈥攐ften having trained in France鈥攔eturned home in the late nineteenth century, they put a distinctly American twist on this style of painting, creating a new genre and teaching it to subsequent generations of artists. America鈥檚 Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution explores this history, bringing approximately seventy-five works together to show this evolution in American painting and demarcate it clearly from its European origins.
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Impressionism has been one of the most enduring styles of art ever produced, and its complex and often contradictory American variation has captured and held public attention for more than a century. But although French and American Impressionism share some terminology and some artistic elements, this exhibition will demonstrate that the two styles diverged quite dramatically.
As American artists鈥攐ften having trained in France鈥攔eturned home in the late nineteenth century, they put a distinctly American twist on this style of painting, creating a new genre and teaching it to subsequent generations of artists. America鈥檚 Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution explores this history, bringing approximately seventy-five works together to show this evolution in American painting and demarcate it clearly from its European origins.
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The San Antonio Museum of Art opened America鈥檚 Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution, an exhibition that explores the development of Impressionism in the United States. While Impressionism made its public debut in Paris with a shocking exhibition in 1874, the style did not...
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