American Impressionism: Paintings of Promise

ISBN-10: 0764903594
ISBN-13: 9780764903595
Series: American Impressionism
Category: Art / History / General
Pages: 88
Language: English
Published: 1997
Publisher: Pomegranate
Authors: Worcester Art Museum, David R. Brigham

Description

This major exhibition featured exquisite paintings, watercolors and pastels by America's most celebrated Impressionists, including Frank Benson, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, John Singer Sargent and Edmund C. Tarbell. Smaller more intimate prints, drawings and watercolors which reveal contemplative aspects of the creative personalities of such important Impressionists as Cassatt, Hassam and Prendergast.This exhibition complimented the museum's exhibition of American Impressionist paintings. This show was a rare opportunity to view these delicate works on paper, including America's best preserved set of Mary Cassatt's color prints.

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