Reynolda House Presents "The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism And The Garden Movement"

The decades immediately following the Civil War found Americans feeling the allure of France—traveling and studying there—and being exposed for the first time to something that was considered then to be highly experimental, even radical: French impressionism. The period is captured in The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887-1920. It opens at Reynolda House on October 3rd. 

The exhibition looks at artists who traveled to Europe, the role of women in the American garden movement, urban gardens and public parks, the garden in winter, and the artist's garden. Meanwhile, the exhibition Reynolda at 100: Reynolda Gardens continues in the Northeast Bedroom Gallery through July 2016, sharing Katharine Reynolds's ambitious vision for a New South and Reynolda Gardens historic mission of education and public access. David Ford spoke with Reynolda House Curator Allison Slaby.