Impressionism Volume II

by Jean Leymarie, Albert Skira

Critical study by Jean Leymarie
Impressionism after 1873
Well-known impressionist artists mentioned; Symbolism and Neo Impressionism.

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Jean Leymarie (17 July 1919 – 9 March 2006) was a French art historian and museum director.

Leymarie began his museum career in 1945 after studying literature and art history in Toulouse and Paris as an Assistant to the Paintings Department at the Musée du Louvre from 1944 to 1949 and Curator of the Musée de Grenoble from 1950 to 1955.

He opened the Musée national d'art moderne, then housed in the Palais de Tokyo and undertook a reorganization of the collections in preparation for the museum's transfer to the Centre Pompidou.

With the opening of the Centre Pompidou, Jean Leymarie was appointed Director of Studies at the Ecole du Louvre and, above all, Director of the Academy de France in Rome, a post he held until 1984.

Reviews

[Lydia Gates · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read in two days. Small white cloth book. Color plates, well done.
Impressionistic artist mentioned.