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Century of Light features two exhibitions, Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay and Between Worlds: Raden Saleh and Juan Luna, that demonstrate the range of painting styles and art movements that developed in 19th century Europe during the post-enlightenment period of innovation and change.

COLOURS OF IMPRESSIONISM: MASTERPIECES FROM THE MUSÉE D’ORSAY

This exhibition tells the story of Impressionism through the colours that painters used at different stages in their careers. Taking us from the deep blacks of Manet's Spanish-influenced paintings, to the green and blue landscapes of Cézanne and Monet, and the soft pinks of Renoir's classical female figures, it traces the importance of colour to the Impressionists' radical reshaping of painting in the 19th century.

1911. Oil on canvas. 55.5 x 47 cm. Gift of Philippe Gangnat in memory of his father Maurice Gangnat, 1925. RF 2491. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)/Patrice Schmidt.

A leading chronicler of the emerging Parisian middle-class, Auguste Renoir shifted his focus to painting rosy nudes and portraits in later life with works such as this that evoked a warm sensuality. Inspired by Renaissance and Baroque painters like Titian and Peter Paul Rubens, he moved away from the experiments of Impressionism towards a more classical approach to painting.

Reference: https://www.nationalgallery.sg

PHOTO BY MICHELLE/FRANCES