Found some must-do's in art this week! If you're in the San Francisco area, check out the exhibit "Impressionist Paris: City of Light" at the Legion of Honor. Gorgeous luminescent works explore life in Paris during the 19th century from the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and prominent private collections. Through September 26.
This exhibition is running simultaneously with "Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay" at the de Young Museum (Sept 26 - Jan 18 2011). The Musée d'Orsay in Paris houses the largest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art collections in the world. The de Young is this collection's only stop in North America. Definitely worth the trip, as you will see the the works of the most influential Impressionist painters such as Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne, among others.
I'll be headed there next weekend to explore. Impressionism is a crowd pleaser - the lighting techniques that were predominant are chewy and palatable; but you must see the paintings in person to experience their sumptuousness and grandeur.
Who is your favorite Impressionist?
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