Americans in Paris
(dedicated to Dennis Cooper, an American in Paris who's own blog http://denniscooper.blogspot.com/ is one year old today!)
At the monent I still seem to be choosing exhibitions based on what is finishing soon so apologies for this. Americans in Paris 1860-1900 is an exhibition currently on at the National Gallery (London) which was organised by the National Gallery, London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
At the time Paris was the centre of the art world (which does raise the question as to which city currently holds this honour?) and draw in a number of American art students and artists, who then returned to the United States with Parisian influenced ideas and methods. Aside from
James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent, my personal discovery was Mary Cassatt - whose work was part of the Impressionist movement. In a couple of her pictures the use of colour and the brushstrokes and the way they used focus were just lovely.
The exhibition also created an interesting narrative around the way in which Americans went to Paris and lived and worked there, although to some extent this narrative was underdeveloped. I was particularly interested in Henry Ossawa Tanner, an Afro-American artist who remained in Paris until his death in 1937, and in knowing more about his story.
At the monent I still seem to be choosing exhibitions based on what is finishing soon so apologies for this. Americans in Paris 1860-1900 is an exhibition currently on at the National Gallery (London) which was organised by the National Gallery, London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
At the time Paris was the centre of the art world (which does raise the question as to which city currently holds this honour?) and draw in a number of American art students and artists, who then returned to the United States with Parisian influenced ideas and methods. Aside from
James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent, my personal discovery was Mary Cassatt - whose work was part of the Impressionist movement. In a couple of her pictures the use of colour and the brushstrokes and the way they used focus were just lovely.
The exhibition also created an interesting narrative around the way in which Americans went to Paris and lived and worked there, although to some extent this narrative was underdeveloped. I was particularly interested in Henry Ossawa Tanner, an Afro-American artist who remained in Paris until his death in 1937, and in knowing more about his story.
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