Another great female artist unearthed. Seems like many paintings are owned by US institutions. Were the institutions of la Grand Nation not interested?
Thank you! The reason US institutions own so many Impressionist works is because at the time, American buyers were more receptive to this new style. The main French art dealer of Impressionist art was a man named Paul Durand-Ruel, and he had the genius idea of opening galleries in New York. At the time, NYC was not the lofty art city that it is today, so this was met with pushback by some of the artists, but Durand-Ruel’s instincts were right. The Impressionists, particularly Monet, exploded on the American art market, and that excitement reverberated through the world. (I wrote a bit about this in my Monet essay, but I plan to end this series with an essay about the end of the movement.)
I don't have the names of early buyers, but this was during the Gilded Age - there was tremendous industrial money (and income inequality) in New York, so they would have had plenty of potential buyers available!
Thank you very much Nicole
Another great female artist unearthed. Seems like many paintings are owned by US institutions. Were the institutions of la Grand Nation not interested?
Thank you! The reason US institutions own so many Impressionist works is because at the time, American buyers were more receptive to this new style. The main French art dealer of Impressionist art was a man named Paul Durand-Ruel, and he had the genius idea of opening galleries in New York. At the time, NYC was not the lofty art city that it is today, so this was met with pushback by some of the artists, but Durand-Ruel’s instincts were right. The Impressionists, particularly Monet, exploded on the American art market, and that excitement reverberated through the world. (I wrote a bit about this in my Monet essay, but I plan to end this series with an essay about the end of the movement.)
Thanks that’s explains it. You learn something new every day.
I probably should read the Monet stack but who were the first US buyer Did the robber barons we’re interested?
I don't have the names of early buyers, but this was during the Gilded Age - there was tremendous industrial money (and income inequality) in New York, so they would have had plenty of potential buyers available!
Great stuff, Nicole. Wish we had known about the exhibition at D'Orsay
Thank you!!