Well this is really OT but much as I love the Art Institute, I would
be loathe to say it has the best impressionist works. The D'Orsay
has all the work from the old Jeu des paumes and Europe is so rich in
this painting. We're lucky in the States to have such wonderful
exemplars here but still ...
It was primarily because of a visit to Paris while in college and my
first real view of the great impressionist paintings (particularly
Monet's "Parlement") at the Jeu des paumes that I switched my major
from political science to art history, took up photography a little
more seriously and am scanning happily today.
>It's the Chicago Art Institute. I am loathe to prolong this thread, but
>I just wanted to say that I went to the Chicago Art Institute in 1993 and
>it does indeed have the most awesome collection of impressionist art in
>the world (although at the time I was there, they were also hosting a touring
>collection of Renoir's works as well ;). I went to the NY Met, the Paris
>Louvre, Musee D'Orsay and Musee De l'Orangerie on the same trip. If anyone
>asked me where to see the best impressionist works, I'd say go to Chicago.
> And yes, I saw the same painting by Seurat and it's amazing. Personally
>I prefer Renoir, Monet and Toulouse-Lautrec however. :)
>
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