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The Impressionist Line: From Degas to Toulouse-Lautre
Prints and drawings made up nearly half of the works included in the eight Impressionist exhibitions鈥攁 series of independent, artist-organized events held in Paris between 1874 and 1886鈥攖hat defined the movement. Today Impressionism is usually understood as celebrating the primacy of oil painting rather than the drawn or printed line. The Impressionist Line challenges this perception, exploring the Impressionists鈥� substantial鈥攁nd often experimental鈥攃ontributions to the graphic arts. The works on view span from the precursors of Impressionism such as Charles-Fran莽ois Daubigny and Constantin Guys to the Impressionists Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt, and conclude with Post-Impressionists Paul Gauguin and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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Prints and drawings made up nearly half of the works included in the eight Impressionist exhibitions鈥攁 series of independent, artist-organized events held in Paris between 1874 and 1886鈥攖hat defined the movement. Today Impressionism is usually understood as celebrating the primacy of oil painting rather than the drawn or printed line. The Impressionist Line challenges this perception, exploring the Impressionists鈥� substantial鈥攁nd often experimental鈥攃ontributions to the graphic arts. The works on view span from the precursors of Impressionism such as Charles-Fran莽ois Daubigny and Constantin Guys to the Impressionists Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt, and conclude with Post-Impressionists Paul Gauguin and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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