The Impressionists at Argenteuil Author:Paul Hayes Tucker Over the course of the 1870's, Argenteuil became an important focus for a number of avant-garde painters who were drawn to the site by its beauty, its proximity to Paris and its associations with suburban recreation. The mid-1870's marked the height of their friendship between these artists and many of them, most notably Manet and Renoir, came ... more »to visit Monet at Argenteuil and worked with him side by side. It was at this time that the fascination with atmospheric effects, the depiction of modern life, and the lively artistic exchange that had been building throughout the 1860's finally coalesced to become true impressionism. The exhibition will show the richness of the individual responses of the artists to the site as well as the complex dialogue that developed among them as they studied similar motifs and subjects.« less