Across the Atlantic Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism Through the French Lens

This extraordinary exhibition, drawn entirely Some of the artists featured in the exhibition from the collection of the Reading Public include Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, and Victor Museum, explores the path to Impressionism Vignon, among others, who exhibited in the through the nineteenth century, and the official Impressionist exhibitions in Paris in the complex relationship between French 1870s and 80s. Among the earliest American Impressionism of the 1870s and 80s, and the artists to embrace the style were John Singer American interpretation of the style in the Sargent, William Merritt Chase, John Henry decades that followed. Twachtman, Childe Hassam, and Frank W. Benson. A host of American artists who More than sixty-five paintings and works on embraced the style by the turn of the century paper help tell the story of the new style of including Daniel Garber, Edward Redfield, painting which developed at the end of the Robert Spencer, Arthur Watson Sparks, Robert nineteenth century—one that emphasized light Lewis Reid, William Paxton, Chauncey Ryder, and atmospheric conditions, rapid or loose Frederick John Mulhaupt, and Guy Wiggins, are brushstrokes, and a focus on brightly colored also highlighted in the exhibition. scenes from everyday life.

ABOVE: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834 – 1917), La Baigneuse (The Bather), pastel on paper, Reading Public Museum, Bequest, Henry K. Dick, 1954.36.1 RIGHT, TOP: Arthur Watson Sparks (American, 1870 – 1919), Le Quai Sainte-Catherine, Martigues, oil on board, Reading Public Museum, Museum Purchase, 1919.1010.1 RIGHT, BOTTOM: Robert Lewis Reid (American, 1862 – 1929), Summer Breezes, oil on canvas, Reading Public Museum, Museum Purchase, 1931.641.1

CONTENTS: Approximately 68 works, including 61 paintings and 7 works on paper SIZE: Approximately 215 linear feet EXHIBITION TOUR: LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; Appleton Museum of Art, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA; Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

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