Today, impressionistic landscape paintings are among the most widely known and appreciated works of art ever created. However, just before the birth of impressionism in France, there was an important shift toward the acceptance of landscape as a subject in and of itself. Grand, large-scale realist landscapes, by a group of respected naturalist artists, were finally becoming accepted as a worthwhile painting subject. Painted in meticulous realism, with the revolutionary new focus on the changing times of day and the effects of light on the landscape, these highly accomplished tonalist works, and the group of artists who created them, would later become known as the Barbizon School of painters. What occurred in the 1820s to 1860s in the Forest of Fontainebleau and the charming village of Barbizon, just south of Paris, would shape the French art world and even French culture, and later the grand American landscape paintings that we know and love today.
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Metropolitan Muse- The Art Institute of Chicago has assembled the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe:
The Art Institute of Chicago showcases a lesser known side of Georgia O'Keeffe that found inspiration in Manhattan
Masters of the Genre
Important works from Western masters will be available at the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction in Nevada
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Small-scale works by Andy Warhol are featured in an exhibition currently on view at the Bruce Museum
American Storyteller
An upcoming exhibition at the Speed Art Museum explores Winslow Homer's illustrative wood engravings
Spirit Energy
Addison Rowe Gallery presents a meticulously curated show that looks at, and beyond, the Transcendental Painting Group
AMERICAN BARBIZON
In a charming village south of Paris, the elevation of landscape painting shaped a movement on the other side of the Atlantic.
The Evolving Landscape
The word \"landscape,\" which comes from the Dutch \"landschap,\" was first used in the context of a specific art genre in the early 17th century.
THE ALLURE OF AN ERA
A New York City couple shares their private collection of WPA-era works and beyond
LABOR not Leisure
The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents the country's first large-scale Mary Cassatt exhibition in 25 years
INDISPENSABLE
Despite its narrative heft and a host of very beautiful images, I can personally attest that American Art: Collecting and Connoisseurship fits a backpack as readily as it adorns a coffee table.
