painting, french

Presents an introduction to French Impressionism, focusing on five artists, including Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Morisot, with excerpts from their letters and diaries, as well as critical interpretations of their lives and work.

Illuminates Pissarro's process of painting, his receptiveness to new ideas and methods, and how he worked together with his colleagues.

Chronicles the life of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, discussing his battle against arthritis, his search for a new painting style, and his personal relationships.

Presents a brief profile of nineteenth-century French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and chronicles his childhood in Paris and his successful career.

While living in France in 1892, Charlotte, a young American girl, writes a journal of her experiences including those among the Impressionist painters at the artist colony of Giverny. Includes profiles of artists who appear in the journal and a glossary of French words.

The director of the Musee du Louvre presents more than 250 illustrations and discusses the lives of five French artists--Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres--and the connections between their drawings and their paintings.

A history of collecting impressionism by European museums, discussing the early resistance to the movement, and the role of Parisian dealer Paul Durand-Ruel in placing impressionist works in collections around the world, and including over one hundred color reproductions.