Frontiers of Impressionism, from Worcester to Tampa

From September 8, 2023 to January 7, 2024, the Tampa Museum of Art hosts “Frontiers of Impressionism”, an exhibition that paints a global picture of Impressionism

Source: Worcester Art Museum (WAM) · Image: Claude Monet, Waterlilies, 1908, oil on canvas, Worcester Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1910.26

Frontiers of Impressionism was organized and first exhibited at the Worcester Art Museum, where it was on view from April 1 through June 25, 2023.

According to the WAM, the exhibition chronicles the emergence of Impressionism in 19th-century France, its subsequent expansion to much of Europe and the United States, and the lasting changes the movement has brought to the art world. Framed through the lens of the Worcester Art Museum’s collection, the exhibition will highlight over 30 artists, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, and Max Slevogt.

The exhibition begins by examining Impressionism as a new approach and a revolutionary challenge to the “rules” of art. In the early 19th century, American and European artists began to break away from the genres championed by Europe’s art academies—including history painting and portraiture—and in doing so created a rupture in the hierarchy of artistic genres. Landscape in particular emerged as a genre of experimentation and exploration, a vehicle for communicating ideas like nationalism. The exhibition also focuses on Paris as the epicenter of Impressionism, highlighting many of the artists who founded or closely identified with the movement, including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley, as well as artists who came to Paris to work within this circle, like Mary Cassatt. After its run at the Tampa Museum of Art, the exhibition will be on view at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (January 26–April 17, 2024).

Frontiers of Impressionism, from Worcester to Tampa

From September 8, 2023 to January 7, 2024, the Tampa Museum of Art hosts “Frontiers of Impressionism”, an exhibition that paints a global picture of Impressionism

Source: Worcester Art Museum (WAM) · Image: Claude Monet, Waterlilies, 1908, oil on canvas, Worcester Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1910.26

Frontiers of Impressionism was organized and first exhibited at the Worcester Art Museum, where it was on view from April 1 through June 25, 2023.

According to the WAM, the exhibition chronicles the emergence of Impressionism in 19th-century France, its subsequent expansion to much of Europe and the United States, and the lasting changes the movement has brought to the art world. Framed through the lens of the Worcester Art Museum’s collection, the exhibition will highlight over 30 artists, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, and Max Slevogt.

The exhibition begins by examining Impressionism as a new approach and a revolutionary challenge to the “rules” of art. In the early 19th century, American and European artists began to break away from the genres championed by Europe’s art academies—including history painting and portraiture—and in doing so created a rupture in the hierarchy of artistic genres. Landscape in particular emerged as a genre of experimentation and exploration, a vehicle for communicating ideas like nationalism. The exhibition also focuses on Paris as the epicenter of Impressionism, highlighting many of the artists who founded or closely identified with the movement, including Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley, as well as artists who came to Paris to work within this circle, like Mary Cassatt. After its run at the Tampa Museum of Art, the exhibition will be on view at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (January 26–April 17, 2024).