Intimate Views of French and American Impressionists
Zoom – July 9, 16, 23, 30, Aug. 6 10:10 am – 11:50 am
Delight ourselves with some of the world’s most well-known and favorite Impressionist paintings, a lovely way to pass a summer morning. The French were the first to introduce this new form of painting — the palette, the brush stroke, the subject matter and the framing of the composition all start to change our expectation of what art should look like.
- Week 1. French Impressionists were capturing their lifestyle. They would meet in a different setting than the aristocracy. Formality was in place but at times quite different.
- Week 2. The joie de vivre of enjoying a lovely meal was important – no fast-food eating on the run. How to enjoy the moment.
- Week 3. A place to refresh. Bathing is a big component of refreshing oneself, but it is not the only way. The intimate look at the habits and patterns of daily life of the bourgeois.
- Week 4. A balanced and happy life has the component of rest. What care is given to that rest is highlighted in these paintings.
- Week 5. American Impressionists of the Cos Cob School – you are encouraged to go to the Bush Holley House in Cos Cob and the Weir Farm in Wilton either before or after our time together.
- Americans have their own unique quality of expressing their lives.
Darby Cartun earned a BS from Syracuse University and an MAT from Sacred Heart University. She is a passionate lover of the arts with a desire to share ideas and theories. Her radio talk broadcast is heard on 1490 WGCH every weekday afternoon, 12:30pm-1:00pm (www.wgch.com). She is also the founder of Museum Comes to You, which services senior centers, men’s groups and assisted living residences in Connecticut and New York.