Worcester Art Museum roams the ‘Frontiers of Impressionism,’ starting April 1

Claude Monet, ‘Waterlilies,’ 1908, oil on canvas, museum purchase, 1910.26
Claude Monet, ‘Waterlilies,’ 1908, oil on canvas, museum purchase, 1910.26

WORCESTER, Mass. — The Worcester Art Museum (WAM) will present Frontiers of Impressionism, an exhibition that paints a global picture of Impressionism, exploring the evolution and expansion of the revolutionary artistic movement through time and space. The exhibition opens April 1 and runs through June 25.

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Worcester Art Museum to debut 48 Japanese prints at November show

Utagawa Hiroshige, ‘Crowds Visiting the Shrine of Benzaitenat Enoshima,’ 1851. Ink and color on paper. John Chandler Bancroft Collection, 1901.1158
Utagawa Hiroshige, ‘Crowds Visiting the Shrine of Benzaitenat Enoshima,’ 1851. Ink and color on paper. John Chandler Bancroft Collection, 1901.1158
Utagawa Hiroshige, ‘Crowds Visiting the Shrine of Benzaitenat Enoshima,’ 1851. Ink and color on paper. John Chandler Bancroft Collection, 1901.1158

WORCESTER, Mass. — This fall, the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) will present The Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Bancroft Collection, an exhibition of 50 Japanese prints from the museum’s collection, 48 of which will be displayed for the first time. On view November 26 through March 5, 2023, the exhibition will take a comprehensive look at the diverse ukiyo-e genre through the lens of John Chandler Bancroft (1835-1901), one of the earliest and most significant collectors of Japanese prints in the United States.

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