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Impressionist (style)

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Memorial Exhibition of the Work of Mary Curtis Richardson, March 9-April 9, 1932

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Abstract

An exhibition of oil paintings, oil sketches, pastels, and portraits by American Impressionist Mary Curtis Richardson. The exhibition records span 5 folders plus copies of the exhibition catalog.

Dates: March 9-April 9, 1932

Portraits by Mary Curtis Richardson (1848-1931), December 1, 1938-January 14, 1939

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Abstract

An exhibition of portraits by the later American Impressionist and portrait painter Mary Curtis Richardson. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: December 1, 1938-January 14, 1939