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 ...
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART trumpets Paris 1874 as a fresh look at “the radical 1874 exhibition considered the birth of modern painting.” But that understates the show’s ambition and achievement.
explores the questions the exhibition attempts to tackle, including “when did interest in Impressionist art arise in the Netherlands; who exhibited these works; who purchased them for their own ...