This year marks an important milestone for Impressionist art.
How do you define Impressionism and how did it differ from other genres?
Impressionism is one of the most popular movements in western art. Given its familiarity, it is almost impossible to convey how radical it was when it first appeared and how deeply it shocked and even infuriated many critics. The Impressionists would never have imagined how appreciated their art is today.The new exhibition is remarkable in that it focuses on female artists.
Other exceptional works are prints by Mary Cassatt depicting the lives of modern women on loan from The New York Public Library. Cassatt began making monochrome prints in the late 1870s. She was ambitious and inventive in her approach. In 1890, a large exhibition of Japanese ukiyo-e colour woodblock prints was held at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. These prints depicted scenes from everyday life. The compositions were cropped and asymmetrical and the perspectives flattened.
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