American impressionism
Subtitle: treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
By: Elizabeth Prelinger
Contributors: Prelinger, Elizabeth
Publisher: Watson-Guptill; Smithsonian American Art Museum
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: National Museum of American Art (U.S.) -- Exhibitions; Impressionism (Art) -- United States -- Exhibitions; Painting, American -- Exhibitions; Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- United States -- Exhibitions; Painting, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: "American Impressionism presents outstanding works by turn-of-the-century painters who often worked outdoors to capture brilliant effects of light and color. A generation of artists such as Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, Thomas and Maria Oakey Dewing, and William Merritt Chase studied abroad and absorbed advanced ideas that were revolutionizing painting in France.".

"Landscapes, domestic scenes, and elegant figure compositions by Theodore Robinson, Mary Cassatt, and Robert Reid show the freedom and sparkling qualities of the new impressionist style. Early in the twentieth century, Maurice Prendergast and Daniel Garber took impressionism in new, more modern directions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "One of eight exhibitions in Treasures to Go, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, touring the nation through 2002"--P. [5]

Includes index