#french impressionists

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Three Dancers Edgar Degas (French; 1834–1917) ca. 1898 Pastel on paper Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Denmark

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Art is the signature of civilisations.

- Jean Sibelius

French Impressionists and their signatures.

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Blair Waldorf in Paris

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Happy Bastille Day! Looking for a little French inspiration? Stroll through our galleries of French Impressionists or the gardens of the Rodin Museum and then visit our friends at Eastern State Penitentiary for Bastille Day 2018: The Farewell Tour.

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The Dawn is Still Dark by Walt Thisney

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We salute mothers in their many roles with this striking work by Mary Cassatt, the only woman to exhibit with the original group of French Impressionists. Early in her career, she depicted independent young women engaged in a variety of activities, and she is best known for her later depictions of mothers and children. The woman’s striking red dress, referenced in the title, draws our eye up to the baby on her shoulder, and Cassatt made clever use of a mirror to show the mother’s face, a compositional device she might have learned from studying old master paintings, or from her close association with the French Impressionist Edgar Degas.

Posted by Kim Orcutt Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Woman in a Red Bodice and Her Child, ca. 1901.

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The Seine at Argenteuil Gustave Caillebotte (French; 1848–1894) ca. 1892 Oil on canvas The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

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Villas at Trouville Gustave Caillebotte (French; 1848–1894) 1884 Oil on canvas The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio