The Impressionist exhibit at the de Young Museum is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still interesting programs taking place in support of it.
This Wednesday night, the Richmond District Branch Library will host “Monet, Pissarro and the Impressionist Movement”, a slide presentation by Marlene Aron that presents over one hundred works of art by Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Morisot, Lautrec, Sisley, Degas, Pissarro and Van Gogh—artists who experienced and expressed the world about them, each in their own unique and personal way.
The effect of light on nature. Joyous use of color. Expressive use of line. Dance hall girls, ballet dancers, water lilies, peasants, gardens laborers. They gathered together in studios, cafes, bars and on the streets to talk and argue about art, its meaning, and how and what to paint. Together they shaped the Avant-garde world of Impressionism, and opened the doors to the Modern Art Movement of the 20th Century and beyond.
This free event takes place at the Richmond Branch Library, 351 9th Avenue at 6:30pm. And don’t forget to stop by the de Young to see many of these great works in person at the Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay exhibition, which runs until September 6, 2010.
Sarah B.
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