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A celebration of painting in Boston. (Art).(Impressionist Still Life exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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| June 01, 2002 | Wilkin, Karen | COPYRIGHT 2002 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The most effective antidote to the dour astringency of the Gerhardt Richter retrospective this spring was probably a trip to Boston to see "Impressionist Still Life." (1) Before anyone says anything about the salutary effect of exhibitions with "Impressionist" in the title on museum revenues, I would like to point out that this one, at least, was not just another crowdpleasing potpourri of everyone's favorite pictures, but a closely reasoned celebration of painting as painting, as intelligent as it was delectable. "Impressionist Still Life" could, admittedly, make even the most jaded museumgoer sigh with delight with its assembly of tasty textbook icons and unexpected ...

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