The Impressionists

Anniversary Today, 25 February is the birthday of GIUSEPPE DE NITTIS ((1846-1884). “A friend of Degas and Manet, often exhibited at the Salon, a participant in the Impressionist adventure at ...

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Anniversary Today, 25 February is the birthday of GIUSEPPE DE NITTIS (1846-1884). GIUSEPPE DE NITTIS, L'Arco di Trionfo, Parigi (The Arc de Triomphe, Paris), c.1875. Oil on canvas, 53 x 40.5 c...

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Anniversary Today is Renoir’s day! We’re celebrating the birthday of one of the founding fathers of Impressionism.  Renoir was born on 25 February 1841 in Limoges, France.  PIERRE-AUGUST...

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Anniversary “GIUSEPPE DE NITTIS was the only foreign artist to exhibit, on the invitation of Degas, at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, but his five paintings were hung in a poor lig...

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Anniversary “Trained in Naples, the Italian-born painter GIUSEPPE DE NITTIS settled in Paris in 1868. There he befriended many of the Impressionist artists, particularly Edgar Degas.” (Nation...

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IT’S RENOIR’S BIRTHDAY! What better way to celebrate than with a dance. The happy lady on the canvas is none other than Renoir’s future wife, Aline Charigot, enjoying the company of Paul Lh...

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Anniversary Today, 25 February is the birthday of Giuseppe de Nittis (1846-1884). GIUSEPPE DE NITTIS, Paesaggio lacustre nei pressi di Napoli (Seascape near Naples), c.1866. Oil on wood, 24,5 x ...

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Anniversary Today, 20 February is the birthday of LUCIEN PISSARRO (1863-1944), the eldest son of the more famous Camille Pissarro, who taught and continuously coached him. Lucien settled in Engla...

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PEOPLE OF POPINCOURT, REJOICE! Today you can celebrate the birthday of your very special neigborhood girl. On February 18, 1844 Victorine Meurent was born in your midst, at 39 rue de la Folie-...

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Anniversary Today, 16 February, is the birthday of ARMAND GUILLAUMIN (1841-1927). He showed work at the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th exhibitions of the Impressionists. He was supported by Pissarro, but ...

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Anniversary Today, 16 February, is the birthday of ARMAND GUILLAUMIN (1841-1927). He showed work at the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th exhibitions of the Impressionists. He was an admirer of Cézanne, sup...

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Anniversary CHARLES-FRANÇOIS DAUBIGNY (1817-1878) was born on 15 February. He became one of the leading artists of the School of Barbizon, precursors of the impressionist movement. (Barbizon w...

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Anniversary CHARLES-FRANÇOIS DAUBIGNY (1817-1878) was an important member of the Barbizon school and as such a precursor of impressionism. He met Monet in London in 1870 and introduced him to Pa...

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Anniversary CHARLES-FRANÇOIS DAUBIGNY (1817-1878) was an important member of the Barbizon school and as such a precursor of impressionism. He met Monet in London in 1870 and introduced him to P...

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Anniversary ELLEN DAY HALE (1855–1940) was an American painter. Today, February 11, is her birthday. > “Like most ambitious young painters of her day, Hale completed her > tra...

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Anniversary Today, February 11, is ELLEN DAY HALE’s birthday. She was an American painter (1855–1940). > “Like most ambitious young painters of her day, Hale completed her > t...

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Anniversary HAROLD GILMAN was a member of the English ‘Camden Town Group’ that was formed in 1911. He was born on 11 February 1876 in Rode, Somerset, England. Harold Gilman, - Interior with...

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Anniversary In England, work by Gauguin, Matisse, Seurat and Van Gogh was for the first time prominently featured during the groundbreaking exhibition “Manet and the Post-Impressionists” (Gra...

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Anniversary ANNA BOCH (1848-1936) was born in a rich Belgian family. The pointillist Théo Van Rysselberghe had a strong influence on her work in the late 1880’s and early 1890’s, but eventua...

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Anniversary Today, 10 February, is ANNA BOCH’s birthday (1848-1936).  The pointillist Théo Van Rysselberghe had a strong influence on her work in the late 1880’s and early 1890’s, but ev...

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