"Nature as Muse: Impressionist Landscapes from the Frederic C. Hamilton Collection and the Denver Art Museum is part of the exhibition Passport to Paris. It displays the stunning work of nineteenth--century impressionist artists, including Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-...

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	[Denver] Denver Art Museum 2013
Schlagworte:	Hamilton, Frederic C. / Art collections / Exhibitions Hamilton, Frederic C. > 1927- Geschichte 1860-1900 Landscape painting Impressionism (Art) / France / Exhibitions Impressionism (Art) / United States / Exhibitions Landschaftsmalerei Impressionismus Sammlung Frankreich USA Ausstellungskatalog > 2013 > Denver, Colo.
Zusammenfassung:	"Nature as Muse: Impressionist Landscapes from the Frederic C. Hamilton Collection and the Denver Art Museum is part of the exhibition Passport to Paris. It displays the stunning work of nineteenth--century impressionist artists, including Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. Focusing on landscape paintings, this exhibition will feature about 36 artworks from the private collection of Frederic C. Hamilton and the DAM's own holdings. This is the first time that the masterworks from Hamilton's private collection will be on view to the public. In the beginning of the nineteenth century, artists took their easels and paints and worked outside, freed from the constraints of studio space and light. Utilizing loose brushstrokes and a soft color palette, the impressionists told the story of the French countryside through their canvases ..."-- http://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/nature-muse-impressionist-landscapes-frederic-c-hamilton-collection-and-denver-art (as viewed on 11/26/2013)
Beschreibung:	"This publication accompanies the exhibition Nature as muse: impressionist landscapes from the collection of Frederic C. Hamilton and the Denver Museum of Art, on view at the Denver Art Museum October 27, 2013 - February 9, 2014"--Colophon Includes references (p. 162-165) Introduction: The diversity of nature's scenes -- Forerunners. In the forest of Fontainebleau -- Gustave Courbet: rebel and builder of worlds -- Camille Corot: the truth of the first impression -- Charles-Francois Daubigny: the floating studio -- Eugène Boudin: a vividness of touch -- Édouard Manet: Paris by the sea -- Founders. Camille Pissarro: the first impressionist -- Claude Monet: an audacious manner of seeing things -- Alfred Sisley: the smiling mood of nature -- Auguste Renoir: the earthly paradise -- Berthe Morisot: an honest eye and a skilled hand -- Gustave Caillebotte: the builder -- Firebrands. Vincent Van Gogh: the Paris wheat field -- Impressionism arrives int he new world -- Checklist with Provenance compiled by Kristin Bonk Fong
Beschreibung:	167 S. zahlr. Ill. 27 x 32 cm
ISBN:	9780914738916 0914738917