"The Nap," Gustave Caillebotte, 1877.

Caillebotte was independently wealthy, and painted mostly as a diversion, but he was a genuine talent with quite a few iconic and familiar paintings to his credit. He died young (only 45) but his own work, and his patronage of other Impressionists, left a remarkable legacy.

From the Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT.

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"Landscape with Cows," Helen McNicoll, 1907.

A Canadian Impressionist, McNicoll helped popularize Impressionism in Canada and became one of the most prominent Canadian artists of the early 20th century. Sadly, she died young, 35 y/o, of diabetes, only 8 years after this was completed.

But what a perfect summer scene!

From the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

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"The Fourth of July, 1916," Frederick Childe Hassam, 1916.

A vibrant scene of a celebration of Independence Day on New York's Fifth Avenue, in the midst of WWI, when some Americans were worried about foreign invasion. This scene is especially flag-ridden as the artist was a supporter of the Preparedness Movement, with advocated for stronger national defense.

From the New York Historical Society, New York.

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"Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine," Frederick Childe Hassam, 1880.

The juxtaposition of the bright red poppies and the rugged rocks in the background make this memorable. Hassam was the grand poobah of American Impressionists, and this view of poet Celia Thaxter's wildflower garden is one of his best.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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"Bordighera," Claude Monet, 1884.

Monet visited the Italian Riviera town of Bordighera, for what was intended to be a few weeks but stretched into a few months as he was inspired by the Mediterranean light. Such a lovely summer image...

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

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"Giverny, Poplars of Ajoux," Blanche Hoschedé Monet, c. 1896.

Monet's stepdaughter, AND daughter-in-law (quite a tale, look it up) was a purer Impressionist than he was. He taught and encouraged her, so the influence of his style is evident, but it has its own little ways of being unique.

From a private collection.

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"June Morning," Camille Pissarro, 1873.

Appropriate for today, eh? This was part of the legendary first exhibition of Impressionist art, and created all sorts of controversy. Hard to imagine now, people viewing this painting as strange or offensive, but they did. Time has a way of blunting sharp edges.

From the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany.

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"Camille Monet on a Garden Bench," Claude Monet, 1873.

Monet's enigmatic portrait of his wife has many explanations, but probably the best is that she is reacting to her father's death, and the man (a neighbor of theirs) is offering condolences. Her sad visage is quite a contrast to the bright garden.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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"Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook," Camille Pissaro, 1894-5.

Summer will be here before you know it, and we'll all want to dip our feet in a cool brook! I once survived a brutally hot picnic one summer by simply sitting with my feet in a stream until it was time to eat...

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

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"La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge," Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1891-2

Louise Weber was a popular can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge, & was called La Goulue (The Glutton) for her habit of picking up a customer's glass emptying it. She was a popular model for the Impressionists, & a bold, flamboyant personality.

From the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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About Leon Monet, Claude Monet's older brother and early patron of the #impressionists

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/07/the-other-monet-impressionists-brother-is-star-of-new-exhibition

"The Cliff, Étretat, Sunset," Claude Monet, 1882-3

Another real landscape, this time a natural rock formation on the Normandy cost. Called "The Elephant and the Needle," (or is it a Mastodon?), it's a popular sight. It was also the setting of a thriller by Maurice LeBlanc, "The Hollow Needle," starring gentleman-burglar Arsene Lupin.

From the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.

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"The Coiffure," Mary Cassatt, 1890-91

One of a series of prints by Cassatt showing the influence of Ukiyo-e prints from Japan, especially by Utamaro. Instead of Japanese courtesans, though, Cassatt featured normal women doing everyday tasks.

From the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

#art #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #Impressionists #MaryCassatt

"On a Balcony," Mary Cassatt, 1878/9.

Who doesn't love Cassatt? One thing that's notable is that even though the lady is in an enclosed, intimate space, & wearing an upper-class morning dress, she is reading a newspaper, thus showing a connection and interest in the world at large.

From the Art Institute of Chicago.

#art #WomenArtists #ReadingWomen #MaryCassatt #Impressionists

"Parisian Boulevard," Ramon Pichot i Gironès, 1898/1901. The darkness gathers as various figures walk along a tree-lined street illuminated by lanterns. A Catalan Impressionist, Pichot was an early mentor to Salvador Dali and a friend to Picasso and Gertrude Stein. #art #Impressionists #CatalanArt #SpanishArt

From Monet at The LUME, Newfields, Indianapolis.

Camille Pissarro's "Country Landscape", Armand Guillaumin's “Quai d’Austerlitz,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Bouquet in a Vase" of 1878 and Claude Monet's “Charing Cross Bridge, London,” about 1900.

http://www.kennysmith.org/wordpress/blog/2022/11/22/claude-monet-at-the-lume/

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In our striving for 'normalcy,' we forget that the Impressionists were not only "rejecting older styles of art and developing innovative ways of painting, they also were responding to their own changing physical circumstances." https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/the-malady-of-impressionism-how-claims-of-disability-haunted-the-modernist-movement-1234644588/?fbclid=IwAR36reBrow68grc5g9j5THmo9cK_cVFOet6fbpTIhNyT5k-JvamoO0A8fvw
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