General News: American Painters In Paris
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November 12, 2006
By Jaci Canning
One of the 19th-century American artists who went to Paris to learn to paint and establish a reputation is featured in a landmark exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
What does this have to do with Cornwall? The artist in question is Winslow Homer, who painted at Houghton Farm, Mountainville.
Families visiting the city on holiday shopping trips might add this show to their itineraries.
In fact, the exhibit “Americans in Paris, 1860-1900” is open through January 28th, 2007, so if your family is too busy before the New Year, you can see it next year.
Other American artists featured are James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Thomas Eakins, all luminaries of 19th Century American art.
Sargent’s “Madame X,” a bigger-than-lifesize portrait (82”x 43”) that he painted in Paris during 1883 and 84, is the centerpiece of this wonderful exhibition.
Much smaller, at 42” x 9”, but just as thrilling and ethereal, is Whistler’s “Symphony in White, #1: The White Girl,” a work from 1862.
Among the paintings by Mary Cassatt in the show is the charming “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair,” painted in 1878.
The exhibit was organized by the National Gallery in London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Tip: While there is a suggested entrance fee, visitors can pay what they can afford.
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