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I have been meaning to finish and post this review all week but until now haven't had an opportunity. I'm in New Orleans where today is a pleasant 65 degrees, 70 tomorrow! I have had nothing but fried food since arriving. bluh. so while recovering from a Mother's po-boy:

Last Saturday was the opening day of "Inspiring Impressionism" at the Denver Art Museum. This coincided nicely with my wife's birthday so what better reason to go. Impressionism is a sure way to draw people into a museum; but this show, which was organized by the Museum rather than a touring exhibit, was slightly different. Alongside a number of great paintings (albiet not significant ones) by impressionist heavyweights such as Manet, Degas, Monet, Cassatt and Renoir are the works of Old Master's that may have inspired the impressionist movement - Titian, El Greco, Velázquez, etc. Although it is fascinating to learn how Dutch Masters and Academy Trained Europeans may have influenced the Impressionists, with these paintings mingling, it is even more startling to see what a drastic departure Impressionism was from the past. Isolated, it is easy to forget that Impressionist were quite shocking in their day. As the first real 'Modern Art' critics tended to agree that the work was rather ugly and when held next to the realism of a Velázquez you may re-examine the concept of beauty in art. Of the impressionists paintings in the show, I most enjoyed seeing the work of Camille Pissaro, the 'Father of Impressionism' and American Mary Cassatt (image: "Mrs. Duffee Seated on a Striped Sofa"). The connections made between these two periods are enjoyable to see and drives home an important point for any student of art: There is no better way to understand and learn from a master than to what they do and go from there.

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