Discover Camille Pissarro's remarkable transformation from a traditional landscape painter to a daring pioneer of Impressionism in the exhibition Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape, coming this fall to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. The Brooks is proud to host what The New York Times and The Art Newspaper have described as 'one of the most important exhibitions in America in 2007.'
This exhibition brings together 39 of the artist's most beautiful and innovative canvases from major museums and private collections around the world, and is the first exhibition to focus on this pivotal decade of Pissarro's career, from 1864 to 1874. Colorful scenes of the picturesque French countryside' lush green fields, snow-blanketed towns, billowing smokestacks, and bustling rivers show the development of Pissarro's painting technique, palette, and subject matter. This critical period of his development as an artist laid the groundwork for an entire generation of painters, many of whom were influenced by his experimental techniques and vision.
Exhibition highlights include two large-scale Salon paintings and two of Pissarro's five paintings from the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. These magnificent works, Orchard in Bloom, 1872, and Hoarfrost at Ennery, 1873, showcase a unique quality of light that looks forward to Pissarro's continuing experimentation as one of the leaders of the Impressionists. The exhibition will also include one painting by the French landscape painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, whose work anticipated the Impressionist movement. The exhibition will run from October 7, 2007 through January 3, 2008.
Tickets
Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape is a special ticketed event. Advance tickets go on sale September 4, 2007. All tickets to the exhibition include a complimentary audio tour. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $6 for youth and students. Brooks Museum members receive free admission.
This exhibition is organized and circulated by The Baltimore Museum of Art. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. -- www.brooksmuseum.org
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