American Impressionists in the American Garden: A Garden-wide Humanities Exhibition on American Impressionism

FAIN: GI-230751-15

New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY 10458-5126)
Susan Fraser (Project Director: January 2015 to November 2021)

Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a website, an app, a scholarly symposium, and public programming on American impressionist painting and its relation to gardens.

From May 13 through October 23, 2016, The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) will present an exhibition that examines the art-historical and horticultural significance of the popular American garden subjects that prevailed during several decades of flourishing Impressionist practice in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a highlight of NYBG's 125th anniversary celebrations, this exhibition will also serve as a lens to consider the Garden's role as a constantly evolving landscape and idyllic representation of nature. The Garden requests a $460,000 Implementation Grant to support an exhibition budget of $4,836,278, including a new two-year full-time position in the public humanities and travel of a portion of the show to the Taubman Museum of Art.

Media Coverage

At New York Botanical Garden, Time to Smell the Impressionists' Roses (Review)
Author(s): Eve M. Kahn
Publication: The New York Times
Date: 5/12/2016
Abstract: Review of the exhibition, "Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas."
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/arts/design/at-new-york-botanical-garden-time-to-smell-the-impressionists-roses.html?_r=1

An Impressionist Garden Grows in the Bronx (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Charlotte Burns
Publication: The Art Newspaper
Date: 12/15/2015
Abstract: Announcement of the upcoming exhibition, "Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas."
URL: http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/impressionist-garden-grows-in-the-bronx/

American Impressionists at NYBG (Media Coverage)
Author(s): J. Michael Welton
Publication: The Huffington Post
Date: 4/7/2016
Abstract: Announcement of the upcoming exhibition, "Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas."
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/j-michael-welton/american-impressionists-a_b_9634044.html

The Bronx is blooming with flowers and Impressionist Art (Review)
Author(s): Robert Rorke
Publication: The New York Post
Date: 5/14/2016
Abstract: Review of the exhibition, "Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas."

The Sweet Synergy of Flowers, More Flowers and Pictures of Flowers (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Geraldine Fabrikant
Publication: The New York Times
Date: 3/17/2016
Abstract: Explores the trend of integrating arts and nature in public gardens to enhance the garden experience.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/arts/design/the-sweet-synergy-of-flowers-and-pictures-of-flowers.html

Associated Products

Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas (Exhibition)
Title: Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas
Curator: Linda S. Ferber, Ph.D.
Abstract: American Impressionism, a prominent artistic style that flourished at the turn of the 20th century, comes to life in a captivating Garden-wide exhibition. In the Conservatory, stroll through an American Impressionist garden, a stunning interpretation by Francisca Coelho, NYBG's renowned curator and designer, of the alluring gardens that influenced iconic artists such as Childe Hassam and John Singer Sargent. In the Art Gallery, view a beautiful complementary display of more than 20 paintings and sculptures by these famed artists and their contemporaries that capture the colors, shadows, and ephemeral quality of light they observed in the natural world and infused in their distinctive imagery; the collection has been assembled by Guest Curator Linda S. Ferber, Ph.D., Director Emerita and Senior Art Historian of the New-York Historical Society.
Year: 2016
Primary URL: http://http://www.nybg.org/impressionism/
Primary URL Description: Exhibition website.

Impressify (Web Resource)
Title: Impressify
Author: The New York Botanical Garden
Abstract: A mobile experience to accompany the exhibition, "Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas." Try your own experiments with color, light, and brushstrokes using your computer, tablet, or phone. Simply upload a photo and let your imagination run wild.
Year: 2016
Primary URL: http://www.nybg.org/impressionism/impressify
Primary URL Description: Link to "Impressify."

Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas (Catalog)
Title: Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas
Author: The New York Botanical Garden
Author: Linda S. Ferber
Abstract: Exhibition catalog for "Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas."
Year: 2016
Primary URL: https://newyorkbotanicalgardenlibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/949857118?databaseList=173,251,197,285,143,199,233,245,137,203,239,217,638
Catalog Type: Exhibition Catalog
Publisher: The New York Botanical Garden

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