Nature as muse : impressionist landscapes : from the collection of Frederic C. Hamilton and the Denver Art Museum.

Nature as muse : impressionist landscapes : from the collection of Frederic C. Hamilton and the Denver Art Museum.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Heinrich, Christoph.
Imprint:	[Denver] : Denver Art Museum, [c2013] (Phoenix, Ariz. : O'Neil Print.)
Description:	167 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 27 x 32 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Hamilton, Frederic C. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions. Denver Art Museum. Landscape painting. Impressionism (Art) -- France -- Exhibitions. Impressionism (Art) -- United States -- Exhibitions. Art -- Private collections. Impressionism (Art) Landscape painting, American. Landscape painting, French. Painting. Painting -- Private collections. Colorado -- Denver. France. United States. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9857906

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Other authors / contributors:	Denver Art Museum.
ISBN:	9780914738916 0914738917
Notes:	"This publication accompanies the exhibition Nature as muse: impressionist landscapes from the collection of Frederic C. Hamilton and the Denver Museum of Art, on view at the Denver Art Museum October 27, 2013 - February 9, 2014"--Colophon. Includes references (p. 162-165).
Summary:	"Nature as Muse: Impressionist Landscapes from the Frederic C. Hamilton Collection and the Denver Art Museum is part of the exhibition Passport to Paris. It displays the stunning work of nineteenth--century impressionist artists, including Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. Focusing on landscape paintings, this exhibition will feature about 36 artworks from the private collection of Frederic C. Hamilton and the DAM's own holdings. This is the first time that the masterworks from Hamilton's private collection will be on view to the public. In the beginning of the nineteenth century, artists took their easels and paints and worked outside, freed from the constraints of studio space and light. Utilizing loose brushstrokes and a soft color palette, the impressionists told the story of the French countryside through their canvases ..."-- http://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/nature-muse-impressionist-landscapes-frederic-c-hamilton-collection-and-denver-art (as viewed on 11/26/2013).

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Summary:	In mid-1800s France, artists left their studios to paint outdoors. Landscape, previously suitable only as backdrops for depictions of historical, religious, and literary events, became a worthy subject itself. In a matter of decades the Impressionist landscape was invented.<br> <br> Featuring rarely seen paintings from the collection of Frederic C. Hamilton of Denver, supplemented by works from the Denver Art Museum, this book presents a broad-ranging history of Impressionist landscape--from the pioneering artists who painted in the forest of Fontainebleau and such paragons and teachers as Courbet, Corot, Daubigny, Boudin, and Manet through the central figures of Impressionism--Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, and Morisot--and ultimately to Caillebotte, Cézanne, and van Gogh, whose works marked the start of a new era. A final chapter on the American painters Chase, Twachtman, and Hassam gives an idea of Impressionism's inroads into the United States.<br> <br> Gorgeously illustrated with many close-up views and double-page details of the thirty-five featured artworks and a generous selection of reference illustrations, this book takes a fresh look at the development of one of the most beloved painting styles of all time.
Item Description:	"This publication accompanies the exhibition Nature as muse: impressionist landscapes from the collection of Frederic C. Hamilton and the Denver Museum of Art, on view at the Denver Art Museum October 27, 2013 - February 9, 2014"--Colophon.
Physical Description:	167 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 27 x 32 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes references (p. 162-165).
ISBN:	9780914738916 0914738917