The Impressionists: A Retrospective

by Martha Kapos (Editor)

This magnificent volume highlights some of the finest Impressionist paintings collected by American institutions. A general introduction and essay accompanying each of the 48 color plates provide an overview and appropriate social, cultural, and historical background for each work. Works by Monet, Degas, Ranoir, Manet, van Gogh, Cezanne, Seurat, Pissaro, and many others are included. 48 color plates. 12 b&w illustrations.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

380 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1991

About the author

Martha Kapos was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Following a degree in Classics from Harvard she came to London in 1963 to study painting at the Chelsea College of Art and then taught there for many years in the Art History Department before becoming Assistant Poetry Editor for Poetry London in 2001.

A pamphlet from The Many Press, The Boy Under The Water, was her first poetry publication in 1989. She won a Hawthornden Fellowship in 1994 and in 2000 was shortlisted for Poetry Review’s Geoffrey Dearmer ‘New Poet of the Year’ award.

My Nights in Cupid’s Palace (Enitharmon 2003) was a Jerwood/Aldeburgh First Collection Prize winner and received a Special Commendation from the Poetry Book Society. Her following two collections from Enitharmon in 2008 and 2014 were Poetry Book Society Recommendations.

The 2019 summer issue of Poetry London was her final issue as Poetry Co-Editor before her retirement.

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oversize coffee-table book. Beautiful reproductions with substantial text.
Starting in 1865, prints are ordered by year.
Here are the artists (I only list them once) in order by they first year of occurrence:
Manet
Ravenel
Zola
Monet
Renoir
Morisot
Mantz
Degas
Moore
Bazille
Cardon
Castagnary
Chesneau
Blemont
Duranty
Wolff
Mallarme
Riviere
Montidaud
Duret
Rewald
Biez
Jeanniot
Vollard
Valery
Mantz
Hyysmans
Geffroy
Moore
Sisley
Caillebotte
Pissaro
Rouart
LaForgue
Pach
Andre
Feneon
Taboureux
Thiebault-Sisson
Mirbeau
Perry
Lecomte
Trevise
Wyzewa
Huret
Gillet
Kandinsky
Leger
Bell
Hofmann
Schapiro
Barr
Masson
Bachelard
Greenberg
Clark
Krauss
Butor
Ehrenzweig
Crow
Gowing
Yetton

[Sean · Rating 5 out of 5]

380 pages, 116 color plates, many more B&W, lots of text. Great color reproduction on glossy pages.
Chronology of Impressionism starts the text: 1830-1926 for several pages. Then lots of detail + art to enjoy.

[Laura Lander · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always love spending time with the works of the Impressionists.

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Call me unaware, but I didn't know all these artists were good buddies and so unaccepted in their time before I read this.