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Impressionism

The exhibition in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza rooms ends with a section dedicated to impressionism. Here a major change in the approach to the shadow can be seen: its narrative aspect is abandoned for the fi rst time as it becomes the subject of exclusively artistic research. Although shadows cast by trees play a key role in Monet’s early work, it is the painting of Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley which best illustrates how colour superseded the traditional black and thus eliminated the shadow’s negative connotations. Other artists whose work is featured in the room are Childe Hassam, Joaquín Sorolla, Santiago Rusiñol and Darío de Regoyos.