Nineteenth Century French Painters, May 10-June 6, 1943
Scope and Contents
An exhibition of 24 paintings by major nineteenth century French Impressionist artists, arranged with artworks from private collections and the museum's loan collections.
The exhibition records span five folders and include an exhibition description, lender correspondence, general correspondence, registration receipts, and collateral from other installations. A copy of the exhibition catalog is in the catalog collection. Installation photograph prints are in the photograph collection.
Dates
- Creation: May 10-June 6, 1943
Conditions Governing Access
At this time, the exhibition records are unavailable to the public and will only be made available to FAMSF staff upon request.
Biographical / Historical
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.
The Impressionists faced harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. The name of the style derives from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satirical review published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari. The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media that became known as impressionist music and impressionist literature.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span five folders.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
An exhibition of 24 paintings by major nineteenth century French Impressionist artists, arranged with artworks from private collections and the museum's loan collections. The exhibition records span five folders.
Arrangement
The materials are separated by content and type and organized chronologically.
Separated Materials
The exhibition catalog is housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalog collection in box 2. Installation photograph prints are housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Photograph collection in box 2.
Cultural context
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Repository Details
Part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Archives Repository
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
San Francisco California 94118 USA