Category: Impressionism
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Who cancelled Berthe Morisot?
Berthe Morisot’s brushwork was audacious, even for a French Impressionist. Despite this, contemporary critics reviewed her work favorably. Today she is the least-known member of this popular group of painters. The lady (almost) vanished. Where did she go?
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George Bellows: Last stop, 59th Street
“Bellows paints the city in undress,” grumbled the New York Daily News and they were right. Did the artist’s fidelity to the hard truth about urbanization interfere with his ability to create beautiful works of art?
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Pissarro’s unforgettable conversation
When the Prussian Army began marching toward Paris, Camille Pissarro packed up his family’s belongings and shuttered their home in Louveciennes, a small town outside the capital. It would be safer to move away than to stay. Here’s the harrowing story at the center of his painting “The Conversation, Louveciennes.”