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One art dealer brought impressionism to America. Now his great-great-granddaughter is bringing it to Geelong
The most ambitious exhibition in the Geelong Gallery’s history honours the movement’s early champion Paul Durand-Ruel and features works by Monet, Renoir and Pissarro Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads In March 1886, the French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel set sail to New York with more than 300 paintings, among them 43 by Claude Monet and 35 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Back in Paris, the establishment was mocking the impressionists for their radical use of colour and bold, visible brushstrokes. Durand-Ruel – on the brink of financial ruin – was one of their few champions. Their last hope was to find new collectors abroad. Against the odds, his bet paid off. In the US, the impressionists found their first receptive public, rescuing the artists from obscurity and poverty and turning impressionism into a global phenomenon that remains to this day. In a fitting tribute to Dura
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According to The Guardian’s source item, One art dealer brought impressionism to America. Now his great-great-granddaughter is bringing it to Geelong, The most ambitious exhibition in the Geelong Gallery’s history honours the movement’s early champion Paul Durand-Ruel and features works by Monet, Renoir and Pissarro Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads In March 1886, the French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel set sail to New York with more than 300 paintings, among them 43 by Claude Monet and 35 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Back in Paris, the establishment was mocking the impressionists for their radical use of colour and bold, visible brushstrokes. Durand-Ruel – on the brink of financial ruin – was one of their few champions. Their last hope was to find new collectors abroad. Against the odds, his bet paid off. In the US, the impressionists found their first receptive public, rescuing the artists from obscurity and poverty and turning impressionism into a global phenomenon that remains to this day. In a fitting tribute to Dura
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