OSHER 684 - Revolutionary Impressionism: More than Pretty Pictures

This year (2024) is the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1874. Today, exhibitions of French Impressionist paintings are guaranteed blockbusters. But why are they important and how were they received 150 years ago? You will love the beautiful canvases by Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and others even more when you understand what they tell us about a rapidly changing world, shifting societal mores, and new technologies.