Exhibition of American Impressionist Masters to Open at Fenimore Art Museum May 26

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - A rare grouping of paintings and sketches from American Impressionist masters will highlight the summer season at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York.  American Impressionism: Paintings of Light and Life, on view May 26 - September 16, will showcase groundbreaking artists including Childe Hassam,William Merritt Chase, Mary Cassatt, Theodore Robinson, John Henry Twachtman, and others.  These adaptors of the French Impressionist style revolutionized the American art scene in the late 19th century and ultimately paved the way to a uniquely American style of painting.


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