The French impressionists and their century / Diane Kelder.

The historical, biographical background of nineteenth-century art and artists with marginal references to prints included in the volume.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelder, Diane
Other Authors: Platte, Hans
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Praeger Publishers, [1970, c1967]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Romantics and realists
  • Manet and the Salon des Refusés
  • The first Impressionist exhibition
  • Claude Monet
  • Edgar Degas
  • Further exhibitions
  • The role of Camille Pissarro
  • Seurat and the revolt against Impressionism
  • Vincent van Gogh
  • Paul Gauguin
  • Paul Cézanne
  • Toward a modern style
  • Prophets and poets
  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, and Vuillard
  • Henri Matisse
  • The salon of the "wild beasts"
  • The decline of Fauvism
  • Cubism: the legacy of Cézanne
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary.