Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850–1874
February 21–May 23, 2010
Chilton I Gallery
The Lens of Impressionism is an exploration of Impressionist painting’s response to early photography within the context of a single geographic locale that was intensely explored by painters and photographers in the second half of the 19th century, the coast of Normandy. The convergence of social, artistic, technological and commercial forces along the Normandy coast dramatically transformed the course of photography and painting, ultimately making a profound impact on the history of early Impressionism. Among the artists represented here are Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and Gustave Courbet, and the exhibition will also include photographs of Gustav Le Gray, Henri Le Seq, and Louis-Alphonse Davanne.
The exhibition will include approximately 90 works, including photographs, paintings, drawings and prints. Forty photographs, most of them vintage prints, and thirty-eight paintings, pastels and watercolors will be shown, along with a selection of prints, maps and ephemera evoking the new touristic culture of the Normandy coast.
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Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian
December 12, 2009–May 16, 2010
In 1900, Edward S. Curtis undertook the momentous task of documenting American Indian cultures across the United States. Over the next thirty years, he took over 40,000 photographs and collected information about more than eighty tribes, ranging from the Inuit people of the far north to the Hopi people of the Southwest. The Amon Carter Museum will display a selection of works from this compelling new acquisition.
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