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IMPRESSIONIST GIVERNY: American Painters in France, 1885 - 1915, Selections from the Terra Foundation for American Art
August 23 - January 4, 2009

The always popular and crowd-pleasing theme of Impressionism is the focus of Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France 1885-1915, Selections from the Terra Foundation for American Art, 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 entirely 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 January 4, 2009.

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.

Above: 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)

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RELATED EVENTS

Saturday, August 23; 10:00am-Noon
MEMBERS ONLY PREVIEW

Tuesday, August 26; 5:30-7:30pm
VIP RECEPTION

Support for this exhibition has been provided by The Alan Goldberg Charitable Trust, David and Lois Swawite and Omni Development Company, Inc., Keeler Motor Car Company, The Swyer Family Foundation, Inc., James & Barbara Hoehn, The Buchman Foundation, and George & Christine Hearst.

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)