FROM IMPRESSIONISM TO MODERNISM

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FROM IMPERSSIONISM TO MODERNISM,
IN CHESTER DALE COLLECTION
NGA,WASHINGTON,D.C.

CHESTER DALE'S COLLECTIONIS MORE OF FRENCH 19TH-20TH CENTURY AND THEIR"ANCESTORS"IN IMPRESSIONISM/POST IMPRESSIONISM PERIOD,TO REACH MODERNISM

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IN 19TH CENTURY FIN-DE-CIECLE OR TURN OF THE CENTURY,IMPRESSIONISTS HELD HANDS IN HANDS WITH ART AND HISTORY TO ENTER THE NEW CENTURY.THEIR INSIGHTS AND INSPIRATIONS FOUNDED THE MODERNISN,AS PICASSO AND DALI REPEATEDLY EMPHASIZED,AND PARTICULARLY MENTIONED CEZANNE, NAME AS THEIR FATHER AND PIONEER.IMPRESSIONISM EXTENDED WELL INTO 20TH CENTURY AND ESPECIALLY REVIVED BY THE LAST DECADES OF THIS ERA,AFTER MOVEMENTS SUCH AS CUBISM,EXPRESSIONISM,POP ARTS OF 60'S-70'S SLOWED DOWN.BY THIS IMPRESSIONIST'S IMPRESSIONS HELD HANDS IN HANDS OF MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM AT THE TURN OF 20TH CENTURY TO ENTER 21ST CENTURY.

IMPRESSIONISM IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL AS ITS ARTISTS WITH FIENSHIP AND MUTUAL SUPPORT WISHED,ALTHOUGH NOW SOMETIMES NOT FULLY AS ARTWORK BUT AS KITSCH ON T-SHIRTS,MUGS AND OTHER TOURISTS SOUVENIRS.

THIS EXHIBITION IN D.C. REMINDING US OF LASTING PRESENCE OF IMPRESSIONISTS AND THEIR ASPIRATION FOR MODERNISM,AND EVEN POSTMODERNISM