It was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism
its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was first
exhibited in April 1874, critics seized upon the work's title and
its loose stylistic rendering of light and motion upon water to
deride this new, impressionistic tendency in art.As with many
seminal art movements, the critics got their comeuppance. Today,
French Impressionism is close contender for the world's favorite
period of painting. With blockbuster exhibitions, record-breaking
auction prices, and packed museums, the works once dismissed as
unfinished or imprecise are now beloved for their atmospheric
evocation of time and place, as well as the stylistic flair of
rapid brushstrokes upon canvas.Despite its popularity and a whole
host of publications, many areas and artists of Impressionism
remain inadequately researched. This book fills the gap,
celebrating such masters as Monet, Renoir, Manet, Pissarro, Sisley,
Degas, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, and
Signac, but also raising the profile of unjustly neglected pioneers
such as Berthe Morisot, Lucien Pissarro, and Gustave Caillebotte.
From water lilies to the verdant countryside, rosy pigments to
moonlit scenes, this is the complete exploration of a French
revolution in color.
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