Da Corot a Monet: La Sinfonia della Natura, Complesso del Vittoriano (Rome) until June 29th, by Daniel B. Gallagher

Alfred Sisley, Sentiero da By al Bois des Roches-Courtaut – Estate di San Martino, 1881, Oil on Canvas, 59,2 x 81 cm. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.


Impressionism is often described as an obsession with light. Indeed it was. Monet was on a frantic quest to record each and every glimmer of light that happened to strike his eye. Yet light was not the only inspiration for him and his friends. As this exhibition shows, the inspiration of nature was ever-present in their work even though its meaning for their artistry is ever-elusive. One thing everyone agrees upon is that nature was more than a ready excuse to paint en plein air

. Consensus continues to grow about the parallels between the innovative artistic language of the Impressionists and their distinctive view of nature as a dynamic equilibrium composed of countless elements held together in a tenuous harmony.
Read the full article on the Berkshire Review for the Arts!

Michael Miller