Many Impressionist paintings of modern life and leisure include images of household pets. Their appealing presence lends charm to such works while alluding to middle-class prosperity and the growing
Rubin (art history, State U. of New York) portrays the ambitious and proud painter from rural Ornans who, rebuffed by the Parisian art world and attacked as a "realist," seized upon that name to asser
A study of Impressionism covers its philosophical, social, and political context along with an exploration of well- and lesser-known painters, including Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, and
