A survey of works by French artists of the Impressionist movement focuses on Pissarro, Sisley, Manet, Morisot, Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec
Traces the development of impressionism and draws on anecdotes and excerpts from contemporary essays and letters to explore the lives of the major Impressionists.
The Great Book of French Impressionism
The Art Institute of Chicago houses one of the world's greatest collections of late-19th-century French art. This stunning book highlights more than 100 of the museum's masterpieces, from the bold...
What is Impressionism, and how does Monet's work reflect its purest principles? Readers discover the answers to these and other questions about Monet's life and work as they examine the stories behind some of his most beloved paintings.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. has one of the largest collections of French Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings outside of France ...
. For the armchair dilettante, as well as the art-history student, this is lively, required reading.” — People The first book to offer an intimate and lively biography of the world’s most popular group of artists, including Manet, ...
Published on the occasion of a series of exhibitions that will travel throughout North America, Europe, and Asia from Feb. 2011 to Feb. 2014.
Impressionist France explores the resonances between landscape art and national identity as reflected in the paintings and photographs made during this period, examining and illustrating in particular the works of key artists such as ...
In this splendid sequel to The Great Book of French Impressionism, Diane Kelder chronicles the brilliant innovations of the artist who challenged and extended the triumphs of Impressionism. 413 illustrations, 236 in full color.
Wechsler 1 9X2. and Isaacson 19X2. Art historians first began commenting on this by focusing on specific borrowings, such as Degas's from Daumier, or Manet's from popular illustrations, and subsequently by broader inquiries into the ...