The Birth of Impressionism - Freedom in Painting: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay (The National Art Center, Tokyo)

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I think this place once, Orsay Museum Exhibition to be held in a few years.

Each time, the theme is different. It was what you titled theme of this time, the birth, the Impressionists, focusing on Manet and the Impressionists.

Inlet and outlet of the venue, is exhibiting intensive work of Manet.

Work that is "pruning shears and peony", painted put on the table under the petals, cut flowers of a single.

Place the canvas as they paint, texture itself of its paint, Manet, has represented the texture of the peony. Without Komu draw densely, it will draw a subject just touch.

The first half of the exhibition, and what you have said, even with the prehistory, Impressionist birth.

Angelus of Millet. Far away from Paris, a couple of poor farmers, drew a prayer to God at the end of the day, work that represents too famous, the Musée d'Orsay.

It would be nice to say that one of the most popular painting in the world. In the minds of many people, the image two persons, that has dedicated a prayer, are carved clear.

"Farmers Furaje frogs from the city" of Courbet and that he said, does not draw only what you actually saw. It depicts a family of farmers to bring the animals back to the house.

Human beings, is not felt animation from anyone but, cows, pigs, horses, has been lively. The line of sight, pointing to here, to those who see this picture, one of the cow calves, seems to speak something.

In the style of drawing as it is the natural landscape, the painters of the Impressionist paintings of Courbet and Millet, influenced it.

Gustave Moreau, "Jason" depicting the heroes of Greek mythology. Nude body of two of witch standing behind a hero is beautiful.

However, the beauty of this picture, there are a small hummingbird that is flying around it, a fine representation over the details of the medals that have been applied to the pillar.

Morrow was a painter while active in the era almost the same as an impressionist painter, it's come a completely different way.

Often as a painter of the salon at the time, it is often introduced, "The Birth of Venus" of Cabanel. Works of theme at SF on the sea, Venus that, trying to Umareyo exactly.

The Orsay Museum Exhibition of Japan, this picture, to the eyes well. Moreover, as a representative of the players of the Salon painters say sadly, even as "enemies of the Impressionists", it would have been introduced.

Cabanel provoking always played such a role is, feels a little sorry. I wonder where in the period drama, such as aesthetics, the villain.

The second half, works of painters of the early Impressionists. Orsay Museum indeed. Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Pissarro, et al, work that is impressive in many cases.

"Dress rehearsal of the ballet" of Degas. On a dark stage, dancers is performing the practice. Draw in sepia, the darkness, it appears dancers, as has been lifted.

Beautiful anyway. From in the picture, as would the illusion that dim light as leaks, it is drawn beautifully actually.

"Saint-Lazare Station" of Monet. It is painted brilliantly, and stacked like pointillist paintings, fine touch, steam locomotive is filled, are hazy, the landscape of the station.