A promise of happiness--origins of Impressionism.

Reviews the exhibition `Origins of Impressionism' mounted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the French National Museums. Large selection of paintings from the salon of 1859; New sensibility in the second gallery; Individuality in approach to nude painting; Claude Monet's seascapes and marine pai...

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Published in:America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture Vol. 171; no. 17; pp. 16 - 20
Main Author: O'Donovan, Leo J.
Format: Art Exhibition Review
Published: America Media 11/26/1994
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Summary:Reviews the exhibition `Origins of Impressionism' mounted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the French National Museums. Large selection of paintings from the salon of 1859; New sensibility in the second gallery; Individuality in approach to nude painting; Claude Monet's seascapes and marine paintings; Still lifes; Monet's quotation on beauty as a promise of happiness.