The [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] movement in the United States was dominated by the painting of [[Mary Cassatt]] (1844-1926), [[William Merritt Chase]] (1849-1916), Theodore Robinson (1852-1896), J. Alden Weir (1852-1919), John H. Twachtman (1853-1902), Willard Metcalf (1858-1925), [[Childe Hassam]] (1859-1935), Frank Benson (1862–1951) and Robert Henri (1865-1929). [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/genres/impressionist-landscape-painting.htm] [[James Whistler]] (1834–1903) and [[John Singer Sargent]] (1856-1925) also participated in this movement. Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) was an awarded American impressionist painter that worked in Europe; settled in Paris and Giverny, was member of the American Giverny art colony (The Decorative Impressionist). American "Impressionists" tended to have more of an academic background than their French counterparts. [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/american-impressionism.htm] | The [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] movement in the United States was dominated by the painting of [[Mary Cassatt]] (1844-1926), [[William Merritt Chase]] (1849-1916), Theodore Robinson (1852-1896), J. Alden Weir (1852-1919), John H. Twachtman (1853-1902), Willard Metcalf (1858-1925), [[Childe Hassam]] (1859-1935), Frank Benson (1862–1951) and Robert Henri (1865-1929). [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/genres/impressionist-landscape-painting.htm] [[James Whistler]] (1834–1903) and [[John Singer Sargent]] (1856-1925) also participated in this movement. Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) was an awarded American impressionist painter that worked in Europe; settled in Paris and Giverny, was member of the American Giverny art colony (The Decorative Impressionist). American "Impressionists" tended to have more of an academic background than their French counterparts. [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/american-impressionism.htm] |