Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism
Date: Saturday October 29, 2011 - Sunday February 5, 2012
Time: Wed – Sun: 11 am – 5 pm, Thurs: 11 am – 9 pm, Closed Mon and Tues and all major holidays
Location: Akron Art Museum
www.AkronArtMuseum.org
Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism offers a broad survey of landscape painting as practiced by leading French artists from Gustave Courbet to Claude Monet and their most significant American followers including Childe Hassam and John Singer Sargent. This exquisite exhibition of more than fifty paintings will include many of the finest examples of French and American impressionist landscapes from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum as well as American impressionist paintings from the Akron Art Museum.
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase highlights from the Akron Art Museum’s collection of American impressionist paintings alongside French and American masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum,” said Curator of Exhibitions Ellen Rudolph. “Featuring works from the 1850s through the 1920s, this exhibition allows us to present not only examples of high impressionism but also the wide range of stylistic developments in landscape painting that preceded and followed the impressionist movement. We will also explore some of the key cultural and historical trends centered on industrialization that influenced the development of impressionism.”
The breadth of works included in Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism tells the story of the development of French impressionism and its impact on American painting during a period when industrialization and technological advances were radically altering the face of the landscape, a phenomenon that artists responded to in highly personal ways. Artists forged strong relationships on both sides of the Atlantic through individual friendships, artist colonies and new artist groups, which afforded the artists a sense of community and belonging in a rapidly changing world.
The Akron Art Museum is the final venue for Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism. This dazzling exhibition has been on tour since 2007 and will return to the Brooklyn Museum after its presentation in Akron.
This exhibition has been organized by the Brooklyn Museum. Its presentation in Akron is made possible by a major gift from The Lehner Family Foundation.
