The great book of French impressionism

by Diane Kelder

447pp, 15" x 12", profusely illustrated

Genres: Art

446 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this gold-mine of a book in a used book store. MANY full color prints adorn this 12" x 15" collection. There are even 18 double-size folded prints in here. I read the intro, and then dove into leafing slowly through this collection. The majority of the prints are full color, but there are maybe 20% smaller b/w prints in the bio-sections on each of these artists.

# prints : artist
1 Angrand, Charles
2 Bazille, Frederic
1 Bonington, Richard Parkes
1 Boucher, Rfrancois
3 Boudin, Eugene
2 Braque, Georges
1 Cabanel, Alexandre
3 Caillebotte, Gustave
5 Cassatt, Mary
43 Cezanne, Paul
3 Constable, John
4 Carot, Camille
6 Courbet, Gustave
1 Couture, Thomas
1 Cross, Henri Edmond
3 Daubigny, Charles Francois
8 Daumier, Honore
45 Degas, Edgar
4 Delacroix, Eugene
2 Denis, Maurice
1 Diaz De La Pena, Narcisse Virgile
2 Fantin-Latour, Henri
12 Gauguin, Paul
1 Gerome, Leon
1 Geiorgione da Castelfranco
1 Galaize, A.B.
3 Goya y Lucientes, Franciseo Jose de
1 Guys, Constantin
5 Intres, Jean-Auguste Dominique
1 Jongkind, Johan Barthold
38 Manet, Edouard
3 Millet, Jean Francois
49 Monet, Claude
5 Morisot, Berthe
1 Myrbach-Rheinfeld, Felicien
2 Picasso, Pablo
6 Pissaro, Camile Jacob
1 Poussin, Nicolas
1 Raimondi, Marcantonio
44 Renoir, Pierre-Auguste
17 Seurat, Georges
2 Signac, Paul
4 Sisley, Alfred
1 Titian
13 Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
2 Turner, J.M.W.
24 Van Gogh, Vincent
1 Velazquez, Diego
1 Watteau, Antoine
1 Whistler, James McNeill
383

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful, quarto-sized volume from Abbeville Press. It covers the most important impressionist artists, such as Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec along with some post-Impressionists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne. It is well-written, and goes into enough detail for the general reader.

It is really well illustrated, although one qualm I have is that some important artworks are printed in black and white ... colour was one of the main points of the impressionists!

Otherwise, highly recommended.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully put together and edited book on French Impressionism. It is HUGE, but don't let it intimidate you from reading it.

[Johnr66 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book takes the reader from the period leading up to the impressionism movement to post impressionism and dedicates much time to the artists and events involved. Intelligently written and filled with lots of color and some black and white reproductions, this book will not disappoint. If you intend on reading this book, look for the smaller size edition as it originally came very large and heavy making holding it for reading a chore.