Various Artists who Participated in the Centennial Exposition
John Singer Sargent was one of the very important American artists in
the Centennial Exposition. John Sargent showed that American painters,
who had scarcely received more than a passing mention at the previous
expositions, were able to create incredible masterpieces. He won grand
prize for his brilliant oil paintings. |
|
|
Italian by birth, Luigi Loir began his training at Ecole de Beaux-Arts. Many years later, Loir traveled to Paris to enhance his skills. While in Paris, Loir devoted himself to watercolor views of Paris, upon which his reputation is based. Luigi Loir was one of the 19th century’s talented painters of Paris. His watercolors captured the changing atmosphere and ambience of the city of lights. His preferred standard of watercolor was perfectly tailored to the great attention he gave to detail. For his amazing watercolor paintings, Loir received a gold medal in the Centennial Exposition of 1889. |
| Born in Massachusetts, Childe Hassam began his career as an illustrator
for magazines. However, after a trip to Paris Hassam began to take up
the Impressionist style. Hassam's exposure to French Impressionists was
evident in the growth of his newly brightened palette and broken brushwork.
He concentrated on the urban life of Paris, rendering the streets and
architecture with a new sense of optimism. The series of garden paintings that Hassam developed from 1887 to 1889 were his first continual attempt at a series. He concentrated on the visual impact of the walled space, which contained the foliage, women, and the brilliant sunlight. Over the three-year period, he produced almost half a dozen scenes. “After Breakfast” is argued to be the most impressive of the series. “After Breakfast” was exhibited in the Paris Centennial Exposition and resulted in Hassam’s receiving of a bronze medal. |
|
