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While the American Impressionists drew from the works and theories of the French Impressionists, they took what they had learned and created their own style. The American Impressionists also tended to focus more intently on nature, with a concern among several of the school’s painters that as the United States approached the 20th century, it was becoming too rapidly urbanized. Artist colonies such as Old Lyme in the New England area offered many seasonal views for the American Impressionists to depict, and the artists themselves enjoyed getting away from their city studios and exploring the countryside.
Of the four seasons, the coming of spring might have seemed especially inspiring to both French and American Impressionist artists. The French and American Impressionists were fond of working outdoors, or en plein air, for firsthand views of scenery and scenes. Packing up portable easels and paint kits and being able to escape the studio after a long winter — along with the challenge of capturing March, April and even May’s changeable nature on canvas — no doubt made spring an intriguing plein air adventure.
Camille Pissarro often painted views of the Boulevard Montmartre in Paris, and his Boulevard Montmartre, Spring (1897) is full of energy and life. Spring’s colder rains and winds appear to be over, with new leaves now gracing the trees and many people out on the street eager to enjoy one of their city’s most celebrated seasons.
American Impressionist Willard Metcalf’s May Night is one of his best-known paintings and was completed at the Old Lyme colony in 1906. Metcalf transformed the front of the Griswold boardinghouse at Old Lyme into an almost dream-like scene, with a gowned woman gliding toward the pillared house in the moonlight. The moon itself is luminous but not overtly visible, while the thickening of trees and what look like lilacs beyond indicate spring’s heady magic
When American Impressionist Childe Hassam wasn’t able to escape New York, he did an excellent job of recreating it in works like Washington Arch, Spring (1890). The famous Stanford White-designed arch in Washington Square Park as a backdrop [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], finely-dressed women stroll along and a horse-drawn carriage waits at the curbside. Even the realistic note of a street sweeper is blended in smoothly, with Hassam using pastel colors for his spring effect and crisp washes of white to complement the arch.
Claude Monet’s Springtime (1872) shows Monet’s wife Camille reading outdoors. Her pale gown and skin contrasted against the grass create a beautiful effect, as do the sunspots across her skirt. Additionally [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Camille’s demure, flowerlike pose and Monet’s skilful use of green make the scene suggest the freshness of spring [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but not quite yet the heat of summer.
Alfred Sisley was a fine landscape painter with a gentle palette and lovely, muted style. While studying art in the 1860s, Sisley met fellow French Impressionists-to-be Frederic Bazille, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Monet in particular influenced Sisley’s outdoor work and use of lighter tones. In Sisley’s 1880 Les Petits Prés au Printemps or The Small Meadows in Spring, the season is bright and new and just starting to push winter away. Bare branches reaching up to a blue sky suggest poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Early Spring,” with “unexpected subtle risings/that find expression in the early trees.”
The Small Meadows, Springtime and Boulevard Montmartre
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