This is the first English text on both sides of the Atlantic to unlock fully the secrets of Impressionist methodology for the connoisseur and art enthusiast alike, and it is illustrated in full color with some of the artists' finest works.
From the Classicism of Jacques-Louis David to the Realism of Courbet and the Early Impressionism of Renoir, this book outlines the course taken by painting and sculpture in Europe during the 19th century. Faced with the untidy sprawl of individualism which followed the French Revolution and threw up isolated geniuses like Goya, the author nevertheless charts the currents in what was predominantly a century of Naturalism and also - whilst artists were increasingly preoccupied with "the inner man" - of great landscape-painting when Friedrich, Corot and the Impressionists proper added light and atmosphere to the former achievements of the great Dutch masters.
Examines the life of the renowned French painter and traces the development of his art.
1961 Phaidon Press, London. First edition. By F. Novotny. Hardcover, cloth in dust jacket. Small tears in the jacket, slightly worn, but a very good copy. 50 plates in full color.
