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Impressionist Gardens
Opens: 31/07/2010 Closes: 17/10/2010
National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh
The National Galleries of Scotland are blooming this summer. The industrial 19th century was the cradle of the suburban garden and the impressionists its biographers. Examples of earlier flower-painting traditions pave the way for impressionist jewels and examples of their later artistic legacy. A must for art and gardening fans alike.
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The Observer“The strongest collection of surrealist art I can think of...” In a tremendous final room, which brings Manet together with Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Vuillard and Bonnard, the garden becomes the site of pure adventure. Modernism is growing fast in all directions wherever you look...
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The Independent“There are numerous uplifting crowd-pleasers here...” A convincing case is made, through works by Turin artist Marco Calderini and Henri Le Sidaner, for thematic and technical links between Impressionism and counterpart movement Symbolism. Those mad about Monet (and magnolias) should grab...
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Guardian“It is the reverse of what one glumly imagined...” These late works dissolve the distinction between surface and depth, near and far, atmosphere and form. The flowers have become light as air and almost as abstract. Pure beauty, pure optical pleasure: this is what they transmit...
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Financial Times“An easy, out-and-out crowd-puller...” The single truly great room here, set apart from the rest, is the final one, and it is worth a trip to Edinburgh in itself. With the exception of “Resting in the Garden”, a flickering dreamy Bonnard painted on the eve of the first world war...
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The Telegraph“Impressionist Gardens delivers all the delight promised...” In front of pictures of parks and public gardens we tend to ask different kinds of questions. On the whole this distinguished exhibition breaks new ground in our understanding of how these artists worked and why they chose to paint what they did...
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The Scotsman“More than an art world equivalent of Chelsea Flower Show...” Beneath its blossoming exterior, the roots of this show branch in surprising directions, taking in social history and even a bit of politics...
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