Americans in Paris, 1860-1900
by Kathleen Adler, David Park Curry, Erica E. Hirshler, Rodolphe Rapetti, Christopher Riopelle, H. Barbara Weinberg
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As the center of the art world in the late nineteenth century, Paris was a magnet for American art students and artists. They flocked to the studios of French artists like Jean-L#65533;on G#65533;r#65533;me, William Bouguereau, and others, dreamed of showing their work at the annual Paris Salon, and watched intently as new styles such as Impressionism began to take hold. Hardly an American painter was unaffected by developments in Paris, and even those who chose not to study there wanted show more their work to be affirmed by French audiences and taste makers. This beautifully illustrated book traces the role of American artists in Paris from the Salon des Refus#65533;s, in 1863, to the emergence of a uniquely American style of painting at the turn of the century. It includes iconic images by John Singer Sargent, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, and Winslow Homer, and by many other artists whose names and work were more widely known then than now. Engaging essays written by notable scholars explore why artists were drawn to Paris, how they responded to what they found there, and what they retained of their experience. In addition, the significance of the Expositions Universelles, the French view of American artists in Paris, and the role these artists played in shaping the great American collections of modern French painting are discussed. Featuring more than 100 paintings, the essays are followed by artists’ biographies, an illustrated, annotated list of works, and a complete bibliography. show lessTags
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Kathleen Adler is Director of Education at the National Gallery, London.
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She is John Moors Cabot curator of American painting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is the author of Dennis Miller Bunker & a contributor to The Bostonians. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Americans in Paris, 1860-1900
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- 2006
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- Paris, Île-de-France, France
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