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22/2/2008

Inspiring Impressionism

Denver Art Museum, Denver

The exhibition features more than 100 paintings and works on paper drawn from nearly 70 museums and private collections, some of which have never traveled to the United States. Masterpieces by artists including Manet, Degas, Monet, Cezanne and Renoir will be exhibited alongside works by Raphael, Titian, El Greco, and Velazquez, exploring the European Old Masters' influence on 19th-century Impressionism.


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Inspiring Impressionism will shed new light on one of art history's most important movements when it opens on February 23, 2008. Organized by the Denver Art Museum (DAM), the exhibition features more than 100 paintings and works on paper drawn from nearly 70 museums and private collections, some of which have never traveled to the United States. Northern Trust is the National Tour Sponsor of Inspiring Impressionism. Masterpieces by artists including Manet, Degas, Monet, and Renoir will be exhibited alongside works by Raphael, Titian, El Greco, and Velázquez, exploring the European Old Masters' influence on 19th-century Impressionism.

"This is the first exhibition to focus specifically on the important relationship between the Impressionists and Old Masters," said Timothy J. Standring, Gates Foundation Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Although the Impressionist painters are known for creating an innovative new style, much in their technique and composition echoes the work of their predecessors. Exhibition highlights include traditional landscapes, still lifes and portraits by Old Masters such as Claude Lorrain, Jean-Siméon Chardin, and Frans Hals that are paired with Impressionist works. Pairings, such as Mary Cassatt's Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa, Reading (1876) and Jean Honoré Fragonard's Reader (1776) will explore connections through use of similar artistic technique, composition, and subject matter.

Image: Mary Cassat and J.H. Fragonard

Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave Parkway - Denver
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m.; closed Mondays, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Admission for Colorado residents: dollars 10 adults, dollars 8 seniors and students. Admission for non-Colorado residents: dollars 13 for adults, dollars 10 for seniors and students, dollars 5 for visitors aged six to eighteen, free for children under 6.

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