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For some Aggies, the definition of art is
the graffiti on the walls of Freebirds. Aggies
can now be exposed to a collection of work
inspired in part by the most well-known of
the Impressionists, Claude Monet, in a new
exhibit at the J. Wayne Stark Gallery.
“Sunlight and Shadow, American Im
pressionism 1885-1945’' is the gallery's
latest exhibit. The artists were New Eng
land painters who attended the Hudson
River School in Albany. N.Y. and then
studied in Europe.There they learned the
techniques of the Impressionist painters.
Impressionism originated in France in
the late 1800s and early 1900s. The most
famous Impressionists were Monet, Au
guste Renoir, Edgar Degas and Paul
Cezanne. Catherine, Hastedt, curator of the
Stark Gallery, said she tries to show ex
hibits she feels will be useful to A&M stu
dents and faculty.
“One of the missions of the Stark Gal
leries is that we bring in a variety of exhi
bitions that I can tie into the curriculum in
some manner,” Hastedt said.
She said past exhibits have included el
ements of architecture, science, fine arts
and history.
“There are so many ways art can be use
ful than just looking pretty,” Hastedt said.
She said a poetry class and an art histo
ry class have already visited the exhibit.
“I want to encourage both the faculty
and students to make use of the gallery,”
Hastedt said.
Hastedt said the goal of an Impression
ist was to capture the quality of light and to
not create an exact replica of what they
were seeing.
“It’s interesting to stand up close to [the
paintings] and see the brush work and.to
see how much color is in them that doesn't
exist in real life,” she said.
Hastedt said some Impressionists would
use purple to paint trees, so the painting
doesn’t look right when seen up close.
“But when you stand back a few feet
from the painting, it all blends together to
give you an impression of the colors and
the quality of the light,” Hastedt said.
Thomas Meteyard’s “North River Scit-
uate, Massachusetts”-stands out from the
78-piece collection, which includes works
using oils, pastels and watercolors. because
Meteyard used a wood-block technique,
different than the other Impressionists.
Hastedt said Meteyard’s wood-block
print is inspired by the Orient.
Also included in the landscape scenes is
Louis Kronberg’s “Portrait.” “Portrait” is a
painting of a woman in front of a simple
background.
“This is very plain, and you are focusing
on the light on her face and how [the artist]
can capture the softness of the skin and is
less concerned with capturing the quality of
the fabric [of her dress],” Hastedt said.
Joseph M. Hutchinson, an art and archi
tectural history professor at A&M, said the
American Impressionists came after the
impressionist movement in France.
“What makes them American, besides
their nationality, is that they began to paint
American subject matter with the Impres
sionist palette,” Hutchinson said.
This trait is seen in the landscapes,
many of which are of the New England
countryside.
Hutchinson said he does not find it hard
to get students interested in art. Art history
classes fill up quickly.
“This [art] represents a visual world
which [students] can learn from,”
Hutchinson said.
“These artists were the first to really be
gin to look at [the environment] in a dif
ferent way. Rather than seeing it as some
thing to be conquered, they saw it as
something to be admired, and as a result,
painted it as a sense of joy of life that be
gins to come from the paintings.”
Hutchinson has assigned his current art
history class to see the exhibit and report
on one of the paintings based on what they
see and how it relates to his lectures and
their textbook.
The English department has also used
the exhibit as an educational tool.
Professor Janet McCann, who teaches
Poetry Writing Through the Visual Arts,
had her class see the exhibit and then write
a poem about one of the paintings.
McCann said her students try to use the
Impressionists' techniques to write their
poems by emphasizing the use of light.
“Some write nature poems in a way that
an Impressionist would approach it,” Mc
Cann said.
McCann said most of her students’ po
ems are a mixture of interpretation and de
scription.
Art has an impact on some student’s
lives, and they take it upon themselves to
visit the galleries.
Delaine Taylor, a sophomore sociology
major, went to the exhibit because she is a
fan of art.
“It's nice to come in here because it's
quiet and peaceful,” Taylor said.
Taylor said the quiet space gives her the
chance to interpret the art. She said she en
courages other Aggies to visit the galleries.
“Sunlight and Shadow American Im
pressionism 1885-1945” will be on display
through March 11. The exhibit is on loan
from the Fuller Museum of Art in Brock
ton, Mass.
Jim and Alice Lyons, who
live outside of Boston, con
tributed the works from their
private collection.
The Stark Gallery is open
Tuesday through Friday from
9 a.m to 8 p.m., and Saturday
and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 6
p.m. There is no admission fee.
Guided tours are available for
groups of five or more.
Watermark: John Joseph En-
neking's "Spring, Along the
Neponset;"
Top: Herbert Cash, "Autumn
Still Life;" Middle: Elizabeth
Miller Lobingier "Rockport
Graveyard;" Bottom: Marion
Campbell Hawthorne, "Street
in Provincetown
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