Despite being one of France’s best kept secrets, the Creuse Valley was a common haunt of the Impressionists. Located in what is now the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, it’s since been nicknamed the ‘Valley ...
The art style of Impressionism can be defined with loose, visible brushstrokes, light colours, a bright palette, and a specific focus on the lights and shadows that covered their landscapes or models.
A large-scale show of this nature could easily be organized at short notice thanks to the sufficient number of Impressionist masterworks already in the museum’s collection. But following the October 7 ...
This was in the mid-19th and early 20th century, when Impressionism was in full play on the European art scene. American artists had traveled to France and witnessed this entirely new genre of ...
She took lessons from the famous Jean-Leon ... That was the recollection of art agent Augusto Jaccaci, quoted in Berkeley author Jeffrey Meyers’ “Impressionist Quartet.” ...
26, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee discussed his book, “Paris in Ruins,” which tells the stories of three great Impressionist painters — Édouard Manet, Berthe Morisot ...