Making a Good Impression: “In a New Light” at the Heckscher

Newsday
BY MARY GREGORY

May 24, 2019

Though avant-garde in its time, Impressionism is now one of the most beloved styles of painting. What started in France, as a way to capture the sense of a specific moment through rapid brushwork and atmospheric qualities of light, was quickly adopted by American artists. “American Impressionists are a little different from French Impressionists,” says Kerrilyn Blee, curatorial assistant at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington…