ArtBabble: Impressionism

Dallas Museum of Art Collection: The Seine at Lavacourt by Claude Monet

Dallas Museum of Art — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:43:33 +0000

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In a deliberate attempt to reach a larger public and market, Monet submitted the traditionally formulated Seine at Lavacourt to the 1880 Salon. It was accepted, but the canvas was poorly hung and never attracted much attention except from writer Emil Zola, the vocal advocate of impressionism, who described it as "an exquisite note of light and open air."

In the same year, Monet submitted another, more audacious scene, which was refused. He would never again offer a painting to the Salon.

Lecture: The Many Faces of Renoir's Lise Tréhot

Dallas Museum of Art — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:22:06 +0000

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Art historian John House discusses paintings made by Pierre-Auguste Renoir of his favorite model, Lise Trehot. Two of these paintings are in the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art, Lise in a White Shawl and Lise Sewing.

This lecture is part of the Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series, which invites notable scholars of 19th- and 20th-century European art to present new research and fresh interpretations of the DMA's modern masterworks.

"The Old Musician," 1862, Edouard Manet

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:35:37 +0000

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Children's Video Tour-Time Travel

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Introduce your child to one of the Gallery’s masterpieces currently on view in the newly renovated 19th-century French galleries—Manet’s “The Old Musician.” The artist often used everyday people as models for his work, painting people from the margins of Parisian life. On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 89. http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=46637

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"The Railway," 1873, Edouard Manet

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:34:46 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

All aboard! Explore Edouard Manet’s painting, “The Railway,” in this video from the Children’s Video Tour. A billowing, white cloud of smoke—steam rising from the train station below—hides the tracks of the famous Gare Saint-Lazare, which was the biggest and busiest train station in Paris during the 19th century. On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 89. http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=43624

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"The Lighthouse at Honfleur," 1886 Georges Seurat

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:31:32 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Be transported to the beach in this video from the Children’s Video Tour, featuring Georges Seurat’s 1886 painting “The Lighthouse at Honfleur.” Seurat was interested in color and light and how artists could make a painting appear to shimmer or sparkle. He experimented with placing individual strokes of complementary colors—red and green, yellow and blue, orange and purple—next to one another. When viewed at a distance, these colors would mix in the viewer’s eye. Seurat’s style eventually inspired the artistic movement of neo-impressionism.

"Pont Neuf, Paris" 1872, Auguste Renoir

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:53:54 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Children can learn about Renoir, one of the young, avant-garde artists of 19th-century Paris, in this video from the Children’s Video Tour. In this painting, “Pont Neuf, Paris,” Renoir depicts the famous Parisian bridge bustling with life, with men wearing top hats, women carrying parasols, and soldiers with red caps and trousers. Can you spot the policeman in a blue uniform? On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 89. http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=52202

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"The Japanese Footbridge," 1899, Claude Monet

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:57:44 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Kids can explore Claude Monet’s garden in this video, featuring the painting “The Japanese Footbridge.” Monet combined his love of nature and art by planting gardens wherever he lived. In order to create this water garden at his home in Giverny, France, Monet had to divert a small stream and form a pond, which he surrounded with flowers and bushes. His prized water garden became a subject he explored obsessively; he painted more than 200 paintings of his beloved lily pond. On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 87. http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=74796

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"Four Dancers," c. 1899, Edgar Degas

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:56:10 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

See the dancers preparing to go onstage in Edgar Degas’ painting “Four Dancers,” one of the largest and most ambitious of the artist’s late works. Degas was fascinated by ballet and the gestures of ballerinas, and he made more than a thousand drawings, paintings, and sculptures of ballet themes. Short, quick strokes of pale pink and green paint on the dancers’ arms and backs catch the reflection of gas light. Squiggly black lines around their red-orange bodices evoke a sense of their excitement as they wait to perform. On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 83.

"The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil," 1880, Claude Monet

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:25:25 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Take a walk in the artist’s garden in this video from the Children’s Video Tour, featuring Claude Monet’s “The Artist’s Garden at Vetheuil.” Monet painted this picture in 1880, while he was renting a house in Vétheuil, a village outside of Paris near the banks of the Seine. The artist was a passionate gardener, and planted flowers wherever he lived. The young boy depicted is Monet’s son, and on the steps behind him are other members of his extended household. On view in the West Building, Main Floor, Gallery 85. http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=52189

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Portraits: Van Gogh and Whistler

Detroit Institute of Arts — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:08:37 +0000

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In The Frame: Exploring the Detroit Institute of Arts

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Detroit Institute of Arts

Host Graham Beal (DIA Director) provides a snapshot of the history of portraiture, it's incredible scope and diversity, and explains what kinds of things we learn about the sitters and their societies, about the artists themselves, and about the evolution of the genre.