Exhibitions of Impressionists paintings usually make me yawn, not because they aren't lovely but because I've had so many opportunties. Now the MFAH is bringing something fresh to the experience.
ArtDaily: German Impressionism Presented at the MFA Houston September 2010, 2010-Apr-26
"While Impressionism is considered a fundamentally French development, it naturally spread to neighboring countries, and German Impressionist Landscape Painting focuses on the greatest works by these leading German visionaries," said Dr. Peter C. Marzio, MFAH director. "Liebermann, Corinth, and Slevogt are rarely exhibited in the United States, as their works are generally not in American museum collections, and the MFAH exhibition will be the first time that works by the so-called ´Triumvirate of German Impressionism´ will be shown together."
"German Impressionist Landscape Painting presents a wonderful opportunity to explore why it took nearly 20 years for Impressionism to make its way from Paris to Germany," added Dr. Helga Aurisch, MFAH associate curator of European art and co-organizer of the exhibition. "By looking at the greatest German Impressionist painters—presenting their works to the American public for the first time—we are able to better understand an important chapter of art history and the complex relationship between the art world and world events."
Max Liebermann, Blumenstauden am Gärtnerhäuschen nach Norden, 1922, 56 x 75 cm. Private Collection