Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection

Evocative works in Tonalism, Impressionism, and Naturalism that offer relief from the urban world

The radical changes wrought by the rise of the salon system in nineteenth-century Europe provoked an interesting response from painters in the American South. Painterly trends emanating from Barbizon and Giverny emphasized the subtle textures of nature through warm color and broken brush stroke. Artists' subject matter tended to represent a prosperous middle class at play, with the subtle sugges...