Just in time for your Memorial Day travels, here’s an extended episode celebrating the anniversary of Impressionism! We take another look at three of the originals: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Berthe Morisot. Her painting “The Mother and Sister of the Artist” is featured in the upcoming blockbuster “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment” opening Sept. 8 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Find out more on their site.

SHOW NOTES Opening theme: "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs

Episode Music: OFFENBACH CAN-CAN by Light Symphony Orchestra; Offenbach https://archive.org/details/78_offenbach-can-can_light-symphony-orchestra-offenbach_gbia0309744b

EPISODES  Monet--Grainstack Show notes and transcript https://alonglookpodcast.com/grainstack/

Pissarro--Place du Carrousel Show notes and transcript https://alonglookpodcast.com/place-du-carrousel-by-camille-pissarro/

Morisot--Mother and Sister of the Artist Show notes and transcript https://alonglookpodcast.com/the-mother-and-sister-of-the-artist-by-berthe-morisot/

EXHIBITIONS “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment” National Gallery of Art (Sept 8-Jan. 19) https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2024/paris-1874-impressionist-moment.html

“Mary Cassatt at Work” Philadelphia Museum of Art (May 18-Sept. 8) https://press.philamuseum.org/mary-cassatt-at-work/

“The Impressionist Revolution from Monet to Matisse” Dallas Museum of Art (thru Nov. 3) https://impressionistrevolution.dma.org/p/1

SUGGESTED READING “Luncheon of the Boating Party” by Susan Vreeland https://bookshop.org/p/books/luncheon-of-the-boating-party-susan-vreeland/11716075?ean=9780143113522

Transcript is available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/impressionism