Comeback for Impressionism.(Spotlight)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | June 13, 2008| | Copyright

Byline: Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News

No, you are not imagining that the Denver Art Museum is opening another Impressionism show three weeks after the last one ended.

"Inspiring Impressionism," which was marked by solid intellectual investigation, closed May 25, and the softly pretty "Landscapes From the Age of Impressionism" opens today.

Not that pretty is bad; in fact, some offerings in the new 40-painting show are downright beautiful. But this cache of landscapes being traveled by the Brooklyn Museum is more visual romp than art ...

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