Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France, 1885-1915, Selections from the Terra Foundation for American Art

May 3 - July 27, 2008

Historic Image Captions (images in exhibition)

 

Captions for historic photos in montage

 

1. A. Lavergne, Vernon. Vintage postcard of the façade of the Hôtel Baudy. Courtesy of Musée d'art Américain Giverny / Terra Foundation for American Art.

 

2. A. Lavergne, Vernon. Vintage postcard of the dining room at the Hôtel Baudy. Courtesy of Musée d'art Américain Giverny / Terra Foundation for American Art.

 

3. Women from the Baudy family at work in the café, between 1890 and 1910. Baudy-Perdrix Family Collection.

 

4. Artists gather indoors at the Hôtel Baudy, between 1890 and 1910. Baudy-Perdrix Family Collection.

 

5. Artists gather in the front café of the Hôtel Baudy, between 1890 and 1910. Baudy-Perdrix Family Collection.

 

6. Artist at work in an upstairs studio at the Hôtel Baudy, between 1890 ad 1910. Baudy-Perdrix Family Collection.

 

7. Costumed artists and children on their way to a masked ball, between 1890 and 1910. Baudy-Perdrix Family Collection.

 

 

Captions for the historic photographs to be reproduced elsewhere in the exhibition

 

Section I:

• Theodore Robinson, Portrait of Claude Monet, ca. 1888-90. Cyanotype. Courtesy of Musée d'art Américain Giverny / Terra Foundation for American Art.
• Artists painting outdoors in Giverny, between 1890 and 1910. Baudy-Perdrix Family Collection.
• A. Lavergne, Vintage postcard of Giverny, near Vernon, taken from the hillside. Courtesy of Musée d'art Américain Giverny / Terra Foundation for American Art

 

Section II:

• A. Lavergne, Vintage postcard of the Maison Rose. Courtesy of Musée d'art Américain Giverny / Terra Foundation for American Art.
• A. Lavergne, Vintage postcard of the autumn landscape in Giverny. Courtesy of the Musée d'art Américain Giverny / Terra Foundation for American Art.
• heodore Robinson, Women by the Water, ca. 1891. Cyanotype. Courtesy of Musée d'art Américain Giverny / Terra Foundation for American Art.

 

Section III:

• Dawson Dawson-Watson, "By Telephone," poem printed in the artists' magazine the Courrier Innocent, Wedding Number, 1892. Meteyard Family Collection.

 

Section IV:

• Artists in studio with nude model at the Hôtel Baudy, between 1890 and 1910. Baudy-Perdrix Family Collection.
  

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