Impressionism’s legacy reconsidered in blockbuster exhibitions at AGSA and Geelong Gallery

When French art critic Louis Leroy cast his eyes on the works featured in the First Impressionist Exhibition in Paris in 1874, he couldn’t have been less impressed. The groundbreaking show featured paintings by the likes of Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir that had been rejected by official government-sanctioned art exhibition the Paris…

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