Fifteen images of paintings by twelve artists which were shown at the First Impressionist Exhibition present a more coherent overview. But history is capricious.
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Eleven of those who showed their work at the First Impressionist Exhibition have now all but disappeared.
Grisaille – grey underpainting used to set the tone for a finished work – is like underwear, waiting for richly coloured clothes to go on top. Not in these paintings, though.
Impressionists seem not to have taken to skying, and most of their paintings have high horizons. But there are exceptions.
One of the finest print-makers and porcelain designers (and his Impressionist wife), another vanished painter, and another who died just after the Second Exhibition.
The Eclectic Light Company 