This November, Avalon Waterways aims to boost its appeal to art fans with an Impressionism-themed cruise.
Silver, author of two short-story collections and two previous novels, including "The God of War," writes with an unadorned impressionism that never feels self-conscious or fussy.
The richly textured images by the cinematographer Brett Jutkiewicz offer an agile Impressionism illuminated by flickering bonfires and streaky sunlight; the actors' blend of twitchiness and terse wit, chewy accents and untamed gestures, seems to grow spontaneously from the landscape.
Inspired by masters such as Van Gogh and Cezanne, many of Patrick's paintings follow, what he refers to, as an "abstract impressionism" style.
In a sense, Impressionism carried sketchiness to a "sensational" extreme, suggesting that the most daring artists had unconditionally surrendered to the liberal spirit of the 1848 revolutions, in effect legitimating them aesthetically.
During intermission at a preview of "Impressionism," a theatergoer from Brooklyn whipped out her BlackBerry to Google Ms. Allen's age.
The Scottish National Gallery also has a jewel of a show in Inspiring Impressionism, a celebration of the French painter Charles-François Daubigny (1817-78), plein-air pioneer, modest soul, major inspiration and friend to the impressionists.
Set in an art gallery, "Impressionism" is a romantic comedy about the relationship between two middle-aged professionals battered by life.
It's a Janus of a painting, saluting the Romanticism of Turner and Géricault while hailing a nascent Impressionism.
LINDA NOCHLIN Lila Acheson Wallace professor of modern art, New York University Institute of Fine Arts THERE'S a new Impressionism show at the National Gallery in London that I'm interested in.
