Some historians have suggested that the founding work of impressionism, Impression, Sunrise (1872-3), was painted as a direct result.
Mainly some post-Impressionism, perhaps some Pointilism.
"Normandy was one of the key birthplaces of Impressionism — some would say the birthplace," said the museum's curator, Anne-Marie Bergeret, adding that the museum's namesake, the Honfleur painter Boudin, was among Impressionism's pioneers.
It's as if some resistance to Impressionism's de materializing impulse made his engagement with the style an experiment every time.
In the 19th century he was feted as the bridge to Impressionism; some called him the first modern artist.Archival information about Guardi's life is scarce and his pictures are difficult to date.
The painter was admittedly uneven through much of his career, and yet he produced some of masterpieces of Impressionism.
In the opening gallery we glimpse Renoir's talent before he absorbed, a bit later than some, the basics of Impressionism.
"The Age of Impressionism" comprises some 80 paintings by Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley and others that were assembled by the businessman Wilhelm Hansen and bequeathed to the Danish government; it began its national tour at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Impressionism lags some way behind, with only eight collectors.
While he never painted identifiable images – no portraits, no landscapes, no still lifes – Congo's style was unironically described by some as "lyrical abstract impressionism".
