The Impressionists (Phaidon Colour Library) by Michael Wilson

by Michael Wilson

The Impressionists need little introduction. The names of Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Sisley, Cezanne, Monet and Renoir are familiar to everyone and their paintings remain highly popular over a hundred years after they first scandalized the Parisian art world. This book recounts in detail the fascinating and moving story of the Impressionist fellowship, the interwoven histories of the seven leading painters of the group and sets them in the context of the period in which they lived and worked. The superb colour plates mark the lasting achievement of this small band of friends in the face of prolonged social upheaval and personal hardship.

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[Servabo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Few painters have achieved the popularity of the French Impressionists. Their devotion to the beauties of the everyday scene has given their pictures a lasting attraction; so appealing is the freshness of color, the liveliness of technique, that it is easy to forget how long ago they were painted. The sepia photographs of the last century are like relics of a lost age - an age that did not know jazz, radio, the talking picture or the combustion engine - but the paintings of the Impressionists are invariably as immediate in their appeal as our own visual sensations.

Monet, Bazille, Manet, Renoir, Boudin, Sisley, Pissarro, Courbet, Baudelaire - masters of Impressionism.