Author: Cable, Patrick Shaw
Title: Renoir to Remington: Impressionism to the American West
Description: Texas, El Paso Museum of Art, 2014. Softcover. Full color illustrated wraps / 144 pp / color illustrations throughout. "The El Paso Museum of Art is honored to bring to you Renoir to Remington, the first comprehensive art museum investigation of the impact of French Impressionism on the direction and early evolution of art of the American West, and in particular, of the Southwest. The exhibition sets the stage for a much brouder discussion of Impressionism, one that reflects on the following topics: the abandonment of academic painting in the studio in favor of painting en plein air; the capturing of single-sitting impressions of local subjects, fragments of life, and fleeting moments; painting the beauty of compressed spaces in place of vast panoramic landscapes; and the critical importance of catching the positions of natural light and freshness of color in preference to something romantic or sublime." - from director's foreward. VG (tear in top right corner of front cover, otherwise book is in unread condition) .

Keywords: Impressionism, Southwest ; Impressionism, Southwest ; ; Impressionism, Southwest


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