“Sunday Morning” archives: Impressionism at 150
On April 15, 1874 – 150 years ago – the first Impressionist exhibition opened on Rue du Capucines in Paris, featuring works by 30 artists, including Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Hosted by the “Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers, etc.,” it was founded in response to the Paris Salon, the annual, government-sponsored exhibition that would frequently reject the works of the rising artists.
The show, which ran for about a month (overlapping the start of the 1874 Salon), was a financial failure for the artists. Only 3,500 patrons attended. The response was hostile; critics coined the term “Impressionist” as a derogatory term, inspired by Monet’s “Impression, Sunrise.”
History has proved those critics wrong. From the “Sunday Morning” archives, watch these fascinating portraits of the innovative painters who created a new language of art.
The video features:
“Paris 1874: Inventing impressionism” (though July 14). The show, featuring 130 works, will then travel to the National Gallery of Art in Washington (September 8, 2024 through January 19, 2025).
Other shows include:
- “The Impressionist Revolution from Monet to Matisse,” at the Dallas Museum of Art (through November 3);
- “Mary Cassatt at Work,” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (from May 18 through September 8);
- “Nature as Model,” at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, explores the theme of Impressionist landscapes, with works by Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Pissarro and Cézanne (though Jun 24);
- “Berthe Morisot à Nice, escales impressionnistes,” at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret in Nice, highlights works by Berthe Morisot and her peers (through September 29);
- “Van Gogh and the Stars” features “Starry Night over the Rhône” at the Vincent van Gogh Foundation in Arles (through August 25);
- “Impressionism and the Sea,” at the Musée des impressionnismes in Monet’s beloved Giverny (through June 30).
David Morgan
Source: cbsnews.com