National Gallery, London will present an exhibition named 'Corot to Monet: A fresh look at landscape from the Collection' running from 8 July 2009 to 20 September 2009.
The Impressionists were indebted to a longer tradition of sketching and painting outdoors. ‘Corot to Monet’ will chart the development of open-air landscape painting up to the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.
Drawing on the National Gallery’s rich collection of 19th-century French landscapes, the exhibition will feature all the major artists of this genre.
‘Corot to Monet’ will open with scenes by Jean-Bapiste-Camille Corot, Simon Denis and Pierre Henri Valenciennes. They were among artists who gathered in Rome in the 18th and 19th centuries, setting out to paint picturesque locations in the Campagna outside the city.
A major part of the exhibition will then focus on the work of the Barbizon School. ‘Corot to Monet’ will demonstrate how painters such as Theodore Rousseau, Jean Francois Millet and Narcisse-Virgilio Diaz de la Pena captured their native scenery to great effect.
The exhibition will trace the tangible influence these works had on the Impressionists as they began exploring new techniques. Monet’s ‘The Beach at Trouville’ and other early works will be displayed alongside the beach scenes of Eugene Boudin and late works by Corot.
The picture shows Narcisse-Virgilio Diaz de la Pena 'Sunny Days in the Forest' Probably 1850-60. -- www.nationalgallery.org.uk
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