This dazzling collection of one hundred works by the masters of nineteenth-century French painting tells the story of the beloved Impressionist movement, focusing on the tumultuous period of the 1860s
Brimming with illustrations of some of the world's best loved Impressionist paintings, this book offers fresh and fascinating insights to explain why, initially, Impressionism was considered radical--
Michel Hilaire, General Heritage Curator and Director of the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, edited this collective work. Featuring essays by Paul Perrin, Curator of Paintings at the Musée d''Orsay in Paris, and Kimberly Jones, Associate Curator of French Paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
A celebration of the Impressionists artists, including Monet, Renoir and Pissarro, whose paintings are inextricably linked to the birth of modern art. Today, our passion for these artists remains, and
Claude Monet (1840–1926) is one of the most admired and famous painters of all time, and the architect of Impressionism: a revolution that gave birth to modern art. His technique – painting out of doo
