Impressionist (style)
Subject
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Scope Note: Refers to the movement in 19th-century Western art that developed in France and rejected traditional academic teaching and attempted to use science regarding the physics of color to achieve exact representations of color, tone, and light. Impressionist art is characterized by the use of small touches of pure color, painting out-of-doors in order to catch the essence of a fleeting time of day, and an objective depiction of contemporary life.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
The Work of Maurice Prendergast (1859-1924), April 22-June 4, 1961
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Abstract
A memorial exhibition of 141 oil paintings, watercolor paintings, pastels, monotypes, drawings, and sketchbooks by the late nineteenth-early twentieth century American Modern artist Maurice Prendergast, arranged by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition records span five folders plus a catalog and photographs.
Dates:
April 22-June 4, 1961