French Impressionists by Jane Munro
This handbook presents a selection of sixty-four of the Fitzwilliam Museum's finest paintings and drawings by French Impressionist painters. It includes paintings by Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro, Cézanne, Seurat and Boudin which are widely considered to be among these painters' greatest works, as well as other lesser-known works by Gauguin and Signac, and several which are published here for the first time. Degas features prominently in the book, with a particularly splendid group of watercolours, pastels, drawings and paintings, many of them early works. The Introduction gives a lively account of what an 'Impressionist' painter was - and came to mean - and also explains how these works came to be in Cambridge collections, against the background of the developing taste for Impressionist painting in Britain.
'With many preliminary and never before published images included, each one with a page to itself opposed by brief but erudite text, this is a must for lovers of Impressionism …' Antiques Magazine
'… sprightly introduction …' Burlington Magazine
'… sprightly introduction …' Burlington Magazine
Jane Munro is Senior Assistant Keeper of Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Fitzwilliam Museum.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521012812 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521012813 |
| Title | French Impressionists |
| Author | Jane Munro |
| Series | Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2003-12-11 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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