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The
American Artist in Connecticut: Introduction |
Connecticut
& American Impressionism
: 3 These American artists had trained in the best European schools and were inspired by painters as diverse as Hals, Velasquez, Millet, Manet, Monet, and Whistler. They were excited by the decorative asymmetric designs of Japanese prints. Selecting and modifying freely, they sought to capture not so much a moment as character and essence. Working in the open air, they flooded their canvases with light, laid on bright colors, and abandoned techniques that had for centuries given the illusion of solidity and depth. Their portrayals of the Connecticut landscape were designed not as reproductions but as expressions of their innermost feelings. Boston artists would develop an Impressionism that centered on people. In Connecticut the focus was place. >next (The Cos Cob Art Colony) 1 . 2 . 3 |