Wednesday 13 February 2008

That don't impress me much



Monet's Impression, Sunrise (1872). It was this painting which landed the group of painters who exhibited at Nadar's former studio in 1874 the monicker Impressionists. The critic Louis Leroy wrote: Impression I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it — and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! A preliminary drawing for a wallpaper pattern is more finished than this seascape.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Leroy

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