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"Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism" exhibition at the Akron Art Museum

AKRON, OH.- Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism, on view at the Akron Art Museum October 29, 2011 – February 5, 2012, offers a broad survey of landscape painting as practiced by leading French artists from Gustave Courbet to Claude Monet and their most significant American followers including Childe Hassam and John Singer Sargent. This exquisite exhibition of more than fifty paintings will include many of the finest examples of French and American impressionist landscapes from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum as well as American impressionist paintings from the Akron Art Museum. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase highlights from the Akron Art Museum’s collection of American impressionist paintings alongside French and American masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum,” said Curator of Exhibitions Ellen Rudolph. “Featuring works from the 1850s through the 1920s, this e