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Monet To Matisse: French Masterworks From The Dixon Gallery And Gardens
"Monet to Matisse" features more than 70 paintings and pastel drawings from the renowned collection of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee. The exhibition includes landscapes, portraits, interiors and still lifes by leaders of French Impressionism, as well as works by noted American Mary Cassatt.
Monet to Matisse is an expansive view of 19th-century French painting and its influences. It is a story of artistic freedom and the shift from stilted academic historicism to near abstraction. Paintings by artists known as the Barbizon School, a generation older than the Impressionists, introduce the exhibition. Noted for an emphasis on rural imagery, these canvases portray romanticized images of peasants in charming scenes executed in a customary palette.
Organized thematically, the subject matter of "Monet to Matisse" ranges from shimmering seacoasts and sun-bathed rural Normandy to lively Parisians socializing in caf茅s, attending the ballet or strolling leisurely on the city鈥檚 newly renovated grand boulevards. Landscapes and seascapes fill the gallery walls with glorious colors and light, while interior views capture the vivacity of modern Paris.
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"Monet to Matisse" features more than 70 paintings and pastel drawings from the renowned collection of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee. The exhibition includes landscapes, portraits, interiors and still lifes by leaders of French Impressionism, as well as works by noted American Mary Cassatt.
Monet to Matisse is an expansive view of 19th-century French painting and its influences. It is a story of artistic freedom and the shift from stilted academic historicism to near abstraction. Paintings by artists known as the Barbizon School, a generation older than the Impressionists, introduce the exhibition. Noted for an emphasis on rural imagery, these canvases portray romanticized images of peasants in charming scenes executed in a customary palette.
Organized thematically, the subject matter of "Monet to Matisse" ranges from shimmering seacoasts and sun-bathed rural Normandy to lively Parisians socializing in caf茅s, attending the ballet or strolling leisurely on the city鈥檚 newly renovated grand boulevards. Landscapes and seascapes fill the gallery walls with glorious colors and light, while interior views capture the vivacity of modern Paris.
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