While reading book reviews, I discovered that the National Gallery of Scotland was hosting an exhibit entitle American Impressionism: A New Vision. Having visited a number of exhibits last summer on American Impressionism I decided I just needed to go to Scotland to see this exhibit. Fortunately, they had a virtual website which hinted at the possibilities of this exhibit.
"The exhibition traces the discovery of Impressionism by American artists in the late 19th-century. Divided into four groups these include: major figures such as Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler who lived in Paris and were close personal friends of the French Impressionists, especially Degas and Monet; the group of American artists who trained in Paris and/ or settled near Monet at Giverny in 1887; American Impressionists working in the USA, including William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam and Theodore Robinson and Later Impressionism and the American group known as 'The Ten'."
Some museum sites have many virtual features. The Scottish site is interesting but not as adventuresome as others. Nonetheless, there were some wonderful features on this exhibit that I really enjoyed. Clearly, the sample of art that I was not familiar with was a happy thing. A sample of these pictures are below.
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| In the Orchard Edmund C. Tarbell |
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| Summertime, Mary Cassat |
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| Blossoms at Giverny, Theodore Robinson |
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| Lady Agnew, James McNeill Whistler |
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