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The Impressionists
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Impressionists
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) William Gaunt
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:296 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 303,Width 251 |
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| Category/Genre | Impressionism and post-Impressionism
Painting and paintings |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780500278499
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| Classifications | Dewey:759.054 |
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| Illustrations |
108 Illustrations, color
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Thames & Hudson Ltd
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| Imprint |
Thames & Hudson Ltd
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| Publication Date |
4 September 1995 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
An extended and highly readable introduction covers the background to the movement, its heroic years, its followers and an account of the masters in their later years. Full-page colour reproductions of over 100 paintings are faced by informative and intriguing descriptions: short biographies of thirty of the artists and a bibliography make this a highly useful reference work as well as a pleasure to browse. Artists featured are: Bazille * Bonnard * Boudin * Cassatt * Cezanne * Constable * Corot * Courbet * Daubigny * Degas * Fantin-Latour * Gauguin * Jongkind * Manet * Millet * Monet * Morisot * Pissarro * Renoir * Rousseau * Sargent * Seurat * Sickert * Signac * Sisley * Steer * Toulouse-Lautrec * Van Gogh * Vuillard * Whistler
Author Biography
William Gaunt (1900-1980) was a British art historian and artist, who studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing, and is well known for his books on British 19th-century art.
Reviews'Informative and stimulating' - Artists and Illustrators
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