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| Thursday, 25 August 2005 14:40 |
 GIVERNY, FRANCE.-The Musée d'Art Américain, Giverny, presents Passing Through Paris : American Artists in France, 1860-1930.. In the late-nineteenth century France became an international center for artistic training and production. American artists arrived in record numbers to study at the prestigious art academies, exhibit works at the salons and sojourn in the picturesque countryside. This exhibition presents works completed in France by American artists from 1860-1930 drawn from the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art. Aesthetic developments linked to French schools of painting such as Barbizon or Impressionism are clearly evident as are recurring subjects including: bustling city streets and cafés, quaint villages, and appealing seashores. The choice of subject indicates not only that Americans were apt to frequent the same areas, but that they were responding to the demands of the growing art market in the United States. In fact, travel to France became a rite of passage for professional artists who then returned home to practice and teach what they had learned abroad and Paris was the first stop.
The fifty-five works presented in the exhibition include paintings by eminent American artists such as John Singer Sargent, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Frederick Carl Frieseke and George Inness. The Terra Foundation for American Art possesses a pre-eminent collection of works American artists produced in France, reflecting the interests of its founder Daniel J. Terra.Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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