impressionists by the sea

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Impressionists by the sea An exhibition at the Royal Academy, London 7 July – 30 September 2007 Advance automatically after 6 seconds. Hit PageUp to go back to previous slide and Pagedown to resume automatic advance. Jerry Tse. Sep 2007. London. Version 1.0. All rights reserved. Available free for non-commercial and non-profit use only The Hotel des Roches Noires, Trouville. 1870. Oil on canvas. 81x58 cm. Claude Monet. French. Musee d’Orssay. Paris.

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Introduction In the early 19C, the northern coast of France, Normandy & Brittany, was mostly populated by fishermen. As the economy of France developed, a new middle class, the bourgeoisie immerged from the newly industrialised economy. Railways were built to link the northern coast with Paris. The availability of leisure and accessibility turned many of these northern towns into holiday restorts. The exhibition explores the painting of the northern French coast in the 1850 and 1890s through the eyes of the painters.

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1860 marine painting was in decline. The first few paintings seems to continue with the Dutch tradition of seascape paintings.

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Before Impressionism

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The rise of Impressionism is associated with outdoor sketching in oils. Early paintings recorded the holidaymaker and beach scenes. Boudin did quite a few of these at Trouville.

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Apart from the French the Americans are well represented. The exhibition include James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassett (an impressionist) and John Singer Sargent. I did not spot any other nationality other than French and American painters.

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Courbet was one of the first to start painting the effects of weather and light on the coastline. He is more well known for his social realism paintings. It was a bit of surprise to see so many of his seascape paintings in the exhibition.

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A surprise contribution by Jean Francois Millet, who is more well-known for painting peasants.

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The Impressionist

Renoir –Children on the Seashore Guernsey : 

Renoir –Children on the Seashore Guernsey

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Their contemporaries.

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Paul Gauguin is not normally considered as an impressionist. He is more frequently refer as a Post-impressionist. It is an unusual painting of his and unmistakeably the painting show strong influences by the Impressionists.

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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot is the most well-known and respected landscape painters on the 19C.

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John Singer Sargent is more familiar to us as a portraitist. He lived in London for many years.

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Leon Germain Pelouse was a landscape painter, a colourist and lived in the area.

Timeline Impressionist : 

Timeline Impressionist

Timeline Impressionists by the Sea : 

Timeline Impressionists by the Sea

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The End All rights reserved. Available free for non-commercial and non-profit use only Music – Comme un soleil by Nana Mouskouri. This concludes a gleam at the Royal Academy exhibition of 2007, with selected works from the exhibition. I hope you enjoyed the slideshow as much as I enjoyed the exhibition.