American Impressionism: Treasures from the Daywood Collection
American Impressionism: Treasures from the Daywood Collection
See 41 extraordinary paintings from the acclaimed Daywood Collection of the Huntington Museum of Art.This is the MAC’s big fall exhibit, showcasing paintings from a transitional time in American art—the late 19th and early 20th centuries--when artists abandoned the rigors of academic styles and subjects to embrace the creative freedoms, loose brushstrokes and bright colors of the European impressionists. The art captures the beauty of everyday American life. Artwork includes pieces by prominent America impressionists, John Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, Willard Metcalf and Gari Melchers. If you love the French impressionists, like Renoir, Monet and Cezanne, you'll enjoy seeing how American artists embraced the same styles, techniques and subject matter.