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Cassatt and Beyond: Graphic Art from the Permanent Collection at The Snite Museum of Art |
| July 22nd, 2012 01:35:10 am |
NOTRE DAME, IND.- The Snite Museum of Art presents Cassatt and Beyond: Graphic Art from the Permanent Collection on view beginning July 22 until October 7, 2012. This focused exhibition of graphics complements the exhibition currently on view: Cassatt and Beyond: Paintings from the Flint Institute of Arts Printmaking played an important role in popularizing Impressionism. The etching revival that began in Paris in the 1860s coincided with the development of avant-garde styles, and it was instrumental in changing how artists approached the process of making art. Chief among the proponents of the etching revival were Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Camille Pissarro, and James McNeill Whistler. The purpose of the group was to elevate printmaking to fine art by emphasizing the production of “original” prints, that is images that were designed to be prints rather than reproductions of paintings or draw |
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