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Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity at The
Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a revealing look at the role of
fashion in the works of the Impressionists and their contemporaries.
Some 80 major figure paintings, seen in concert with period costumes,
accessories, fashion plates, photographs, and popular prints, will
highlight the vital relationship between fashion and art during the
pivotal years, from the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s, when Paris emerged
as the style capital of the world. With the rise of the department
store, the advent of ready-made wear, and the proliferation of fashion
magazines, those at the forefront of the avant-garde—from Manet, Monet,
and Renoir to Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Zola—turned a fresh eye to
contemporary dress, embracing la mode as the harbinger of la modernité.
The novelty, vibrancy, and fleeting allure of the latest trends in
fashion proved seductive for a generation of artists and writers who
sought to give expression to the pulse of modern life in all its nuanced
richness. Without rivaling the meticulous detail of society
portraitists such as James Tissot or Alfred Stevens or the graphic flair
of fashion plates, the Impressionists nonetheless engaged similar
strategies in the making (and in the marketing) of their pictures of
stylish men and women that sought to reflect the spirit of their age.
Alongside both masculine and feminine costumes, a full complement of
period photographs and illustrations will serve to vivify the ongoing
dialogue between fashion and art, and afford a sense of the
late-19th-century Parisian milieu that inspired, provoked, and nurtured
the talents—and often, the ambitions—of the painters of modern life.
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity is
organized by Susan Alyson Stein, Curator in the Department of European
Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in collaboration with
Gloria Groom, the David and Mary Winton Green Curator in the Department
of Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture, Art Institute of
Chicago; Guy Cogeval, President, Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie,
Paris; and Philippe Thiébaut, Curator, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with
essays by 14 international scholars in the fields of fashion,
photography, literature, art, and architectural history. It is published
by the Art Institute of Chicago, and is available in the Museum’s book
shops.
A range of education programs will complement the exhibition.
The Metropolitan Museum’s website will feature the exhibition www.metmuseum.org.
After its display in New York, the exhibition will travel to the Art Institute of Chicago.
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