Monet to Matisse: Masterworks of French Impressionism from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens
From the shimmering light of Claude Monet's landscapes to the bold color and form of Henri Matisse, the show offered visitors an intimate encounter with works that defined modern art. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee, is renowned for its outstanding holdings in French Impressionism, and this traveling presentation brought those treasures to a wider audience.
About the artist
Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of Impressionism's philosophy of expressing…
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Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
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The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings…