Manet and the French impressionists: Pissarro--Claude Monet--Sisley--Renoir--Berthe Morisot--Cézanne--Guillaumin . l he produced a large number of works. In 1881 hesent two womens portraits to the Salon; in 1882 only one, and oneagain in 1883. While he was exhibiting at the Salon, Renoir hadfor the moment severed his connection with his friends the Impres-sionists. He took no part in the Impressionist exhibitions of1879, 1880, and 1881, but he joined with them in that of 1882 heldin the Rue Saint-Honore. He contributed no less than twenty-five canvases. Several of them, painted at Bougival and
Manet and the French impressionists: Pissarro--Claude Monet--Sisley--Renoir--Berthe Morisot--Cézanne--Guillaumin . l he produced a large number of works. In 1881 hesent two womens portraits to the Salon; in 1882 only one, and oneagain in 1883. While he was exhibiting at the Salon, Renoir hadfor the moment severed his connection with his friends the Impres-sionists. He took no part in the Impressionist exhibitions of1879, 1880, and 1881, but he joined with them in that of 1882 heldin the Rue Saint-Honore. He contributed no less than twenty-five canvases. Several of them, painted at Bougival and Chatou,depicted river scenes. At this time rowing was the favouriteexercise of the youth of Paris; it gave the banks of the Seinenear Paris a certain air of animation which to-day has principal picture at the exhibition, Les Canotiers, wassuggested by this river life ; on account of its size and its dis-play of the salient features of open-air painting, it forms one ofthe most important of his works. The oarsmen and their friendsare seen grouped round a table under an awning, after TETE DE JEUNE FILLE RENOIR 167 The Seine and its wooded banks, lit up by the sun, form aluminous background to the picture and enhance the brillianceof the general effect. In 1883 M. Durand-Ruel took some rooms in a house in theBoulevard de la Madeleine, which was undergoing repairs. Anexhibition was held there from March to June, and each monthwas devoted exclusively to one of the Impressionist , from the 1st to the 25th of April, was thus able toshow a collection of seventy paintings, some of them previouslyexhibited, together with some new ones now shown for the firsttime. Among the latter were two particularly successful works,Danseurs Bougival and Danseurs Paris. They represented twodifferent aspects of the waltz—at Bougival, a canotier in blueyachting suit and a girl in outdoor dress; at Paris, a young manand his partner in evening dress. To the Im
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