American Impressionism and Realism; The Painting of Modern Life 1885-1915 by H. Barbara Weinberg, David Park Curry and Doreen Bolger
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Overview: The American Impressionists, who came of age during the 1890s, and the Realists – especially the group known as the Ashcan School – who challenged them after 1900, were allied in their commitment to portraying the everyday experiences of modern life. The book explores these artists’ responses to the world around them, and their simultaneous embrace and elision of their era’s perplexing novelties. It presents in thematic groups their portrayals of burgeoning cities, which they tended to view through “rose-colored glasses”; the countryside abroad, where they found respite in an old-fashioned rural existence and in camaraderie afforded by art colonies; and the countryside back in the United States, particularly in New England, rural Pennsylvania, and other locales redolent of tradition. Also included in the exhibition are depictions of people pursuing leisure-time recreation at the beach, on picnics, or in other hospitable settings; artfully concocted studio setups and portraits; and vignettes of the lives of women and children. A final section includes several paintings by James McNeill Whistler, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Eakins, who also flourished about 1900 and influenced the American Impressionists and Realists.
Genre: Non-Fiction > General
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