ART CRUISES 2016 Discover Europe’s Painted Past

AmaWaterways art cruises are a chance for travelers to visit important European cultural

sites and see some of the greatest masterpieces up close and personal, as well as try

their hand at their own creations. Here’s a preview of just some of the artists and works

that our passengers may get a chance to learn about, or even see in person, on one of

our 2016 art cruises.

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Eugène Boudin may not be one of the most well-known European artists, but his

legacy inspired many of the great artists that followed, namely Claude Monet.

One of the first

European landscape

painters, Boudin

focused on painting

the sea and other

maritime subjects.

Fellow landscape

painter Jean-

Baptiste-Camille

Corot referred to

Boudin as “the King

of the skies.”

Pissaro was one of the most

important influences on late 19th

century and early 20th century art.

He began his career as a member of

the Impressionist school and was the

only artist to have his work displayed

at all eight Paris Impressionist

Exhibitions in the late 1800s. In his

later works, he also dabbled in what

would become known as post-

Impressionism and served as a father

figure to the major artists of that

latter movement such as Paul

Cezanne, the subject of this portrait.

P ORTRA IT OF PA UL C É ZA NNE BY C AM IL L E P I S SARO

Carolus-Duran, real name

Charles Auguste Émile Durand,

made his name as a portrait

artist whose stylish and vivid

paintings recreated high

society life in France’s Third

Republic. Perhaps more

importantly, he was also one

of the most sought-after art

instructors of his day and

taught many of the most

talented young painters of the

time how to hone their skills.

P ORTRA IT OF É DOUA RD M A N E T BY C ARO L US -D URAN

Impressionism transformed

European art in the late 19th

century, and Claude Monet was the

movement’s shining light. His

iconic and distinct renderings

captured natural landscapes and

people engaged in leisure activities

in a way that was groundbreaking

at the time, and his philosophy of

using paint and canvas to recreate

the experience of perceiving

nature was a forerunner to 20th

century Modernism.

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portrayed the human

form. Along with

Monet, Pissaro, and

other Impressionists,

Renoir helped launch

the Impressionist

exhibits that took the

art world by storm

after the traditional

art schools of the day

rejected his and his

compatriots’ work.

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Like Pissaro and Monet, Renoir was a member of the Impressionist school of art. His

paintings were noted for being especially vibrant and lively, and for the way they

AmaWaterways takes passengers around the world and back again, giving travelers

the chance to experience the natural and cultural beauty of Europe, Asia, and more.

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