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\nABU DHABI: The Middle East\u2019s largest exhibition of Impressionist masterpieces has opened at Louvre Abu Dhabi, just in time for the UAE museum\u2019s fifth anniversary.<\/p>\n
\nRunning until Feb. 5, 2023, \u201cImpressionism: Pathways to Modernity\u201d features more than 100 paintings and etchings by the pioneers of Impressionism, including Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Berthe Morisot, and Gustave Caillebotte.<\/p>\n
\nKnown for its lightness, fleeting nature and loose brush strokes, Impressionism took off in 1870s Paris, when the city was propelling into modernity and undergoing social changes. This revolutionary artistic movement remains widely admired until today.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhen you\u2019re facing an impressionistic painting, you still have the feeling that it\u2019s really fresh,\u201d the exhibition\u2019s co-curator St\u00e9phane Gu\u00e9gan told Arab News. \u201cIt\u2019s the result of something very direct, very spontaneous. . . It\u2019s the feeling of looking through the painter\u2019s eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBack then, however, the Impressionists \u2014 who had their first show in 1874 \u2014 were seen as radicals. They departed from the constraints of highly regarded classic art and, in turn, received harsh criticism from some members of the press and critics.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt was controversial … Some were more skeptical and even criticized this kind of painting,\u201d noted Gu\u00e9gan. \u201cThe paintings were considered unfinished, like sketches.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIn a way, to sum up the negative response to the first Impressionist show, I would say that they had the feeling that the painters tried to make a fool out of the visitors and amateurs at the time,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\nIn some ways, the Impressionists acted as social commentators through their vibrant pictures. There is a diversity to their work, depicting sophisticated train stations and bridges, social outings in the countryside, women in elegant dresses, and tasteful home interiors.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cFrance and Europe turned into very modern societies and the painters responded to this situation in changing the subject matter of their painting and the way they represented the outside world,\u201d said Gu\u00e9gan.<\/p>\n
\nAside from exploring themes of portraying urbanization and nature, the show brings fashion into the picture, displaying five costumes from the late 1800s. \u201cThere is a connection between fashion and modern painting, because they both tried to respond to the transitory aspect of modernity,\u201d said Gu\u00e9gan.<\/p>\n
\nThis French-Emirati cultural event was partly brought to life through an exceptional collaboration with Paris\u2019 famed Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay, loaning for the first time to the Arab world a significant number of its paintings.<\/p>\n
\nHighights include Manet\u2019s \u201cThe Balcony,\u201d Morisot\u2019s \u201cThe Cradle,\u201d and an iconic depiction of London\u2019s Houses of Parliament by Monet, dubbed \u201cthe father of Impressionism.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe wanted to put together this incredible series of masterpieces because we wanted visitors from Abu Dhabi and other parts of the region to have the chance of seeing them,\u201d said Gu\u00e9gan. \u201cIt\u2019s never useless to see masterpieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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