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Support for this exhibition has been provided by The Alan Goldberg Charitable Trust, David and Lois Swawite and Omni Development Company, Inc.

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IMPRESSIONIST GIVERNY: American Painters in France, 1885 - 1915

August 23 - November 30, 2008

Studies of an Autumn Day, no. 7

John Leslie Breck

1891, Series of 12 paintings

Oil on canvas, 32.7 x 40.8 cm

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago

Daniel J. Terra Collection (1989.4.1-12)

 

The always popular and crowd-pleasing theme of Impressionism is the focus of Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France 1885-1915, a major exhibition coming to the Albany Institute of History & Art in August 2008.

Originally presented at the Musee d’Art Americain, Giverny, France in April 2007, and organized by The Terra Foundation for American Art, this is the first exhibition to study the international phenomenon of this artist community within the context of European artists’ colonies.  Drawn primarily from the Terra Foundation’s exceptional collection, the exhibition will include more than forty paintings by American artists who visited and painted views in and around Giverny during this period.  IMPRESSIONIST GIVERNY will be on view at the Albany Institute from August 23 through November 30, 2008.

Giverny, the French village where Claude Monet settled in 1883, welcomed hundreds of artists from the late 1880s through World War I.  Lured by the beauty represented in Monet's art and the promise of painting en plein air, the arrival of artists from America and across Europe transformed the village from a sleepy hamlet to a colorful and thriving artists' community. IMPRESSIONIST GIVERNY traces the chronological, stylistic and thematic evolution of art produced in the village. It features the work of American artists such as John Leslie Breck, Frederick MacMonnies, Theodore Robinson, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Lilla Cabot Perry, Frederick Carl Frieseke, Dawson-Dawson Watkins, and the Albany artist Will H. Low.

The Museum Shop will open a special exhibition shop offering a wide variety of Impressionism-related books, merchandise, jewelry and a full-color exhibition catalogue.  Guided exhibition tours will be available by advance reservation for groups, and a range of public programs and special events will be scheduled to complement the exhibition. 

Mabel Conkling

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1904, Oil on canvas, 219.7 x 114.3 cm

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Daniel J. Terra Collection (1999.88)

Giverny

Dawson Dawson-Watson, 1888, Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 49.5 cm

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Daniel J. Terra Collection (1999.39)
 

Breakfast in the Garden

Frederick Carl Frieseke, c. 1911, Oil on Canvas, 66 x 82.1 cm

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago

Daniel J. Terra Collection (1987.21)

The Cards Players, Theodore Earl Butler, c. 1896, Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.6 cm, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Daniel J. Terra Collection (1988.22)

Garden at Giverny (in Monet's Garden)

John Leslie Breck, between 1887 and 1891, Oil on canvas, 46 x 55.6 cm

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Daniel J. Terra Collection (1988.22)
 

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