Post Impressionism

DK Eyewitness Books

by Colin Wiggins

Step through the canvas with the Eyewitness approach to the world's greatest artists and movements. Each volume is filled with wonderful full-color reproductions, and packed with background information on the lives of artists, their times, and the influences which combined to create their memorable artworks.

Genres: Art

64 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 1993

About the author

Colin Wiggins was Special Projects Curator at the National Gallery until 2016. Before taking up this post in 2011 he worked in the Gallery’s Education Department where he had special responsibility for the Associate Artist scheme, working with artists such as Paula Rego, Peter Blake, Ana Maria Pacheco and Michael Landy. He has also curated exhibitions at the National Gallery of, amongst others, Frank Auerbach, Anthony Caro, R.B. Kitaj, Edward Kienholz, Nancy Reddin Kienholz and Bridget Riley. He has lectured widely in the United States and Europe and is a practising printmaker, with work in various collections including the Los Angeles County Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Reviews

[SuZanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very fine 64-page visual guide to the Post-Impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work. All the "famous" men are represented, generally with two pages and with short biographies. It was a good refresher for me to see each of them and learn an a few new facts as well. I was disappointed that rare few women were included and even then not with the two-page spread that each man received. Other than the slight to women, it's a good overview for anyone wanting to learn about Post-Impressionist painters.