The Myrtle Beach Art Museum is presenting "A Lasting Impression," an exhibition of Impressionist paintings and drawings curated from private collections. The show features works by major artists including Mary Cassatt, Henri Cross, Edward Dégas, Georges d’Espagnat, Armand Guillaumin, Albert Charles Lebourg, Ludovic Piette, and Auguste Renoir, and will run from June 13 to September 27 at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
This exhibition matters because it offers a rare opportunity for the Myrtle Beach community to view Impressionist masterpieces typically housed in major museums like the Musée d'Orsay and MoMA, and it provides public access to works from private collections that are seldom seen. The show highlights the Impressionists' revolutionary break from academic traditions, which paved the way for modern artistic freedom and continues to influence art today.