modern painting

Presents a collection of nineteenth-century Impressionist reproductions from the most well-known artists of that era including Claude Monet, Renoir, Degas, and American Mary Cassatt and provides a comprehensive bibliography.

Illustrated guide to the works of Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, as well as the paintings of some of his assistants, collaborators, and pupils, with text discussing the characteristics and traditions of art in the Baroque era.

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.

Describes the artist's early life, training, and achievements.

Examines the life and work of French post-Impressionist artist Paul C?zanne, discussing the progress and development of his talents, his childhood, friendship with Emile Zola, and struggles to achieve recognition, and featuring a gallery of three hundred of his most significant works.

Presents a history of modern European and American painting. Contains a section devoted to writings by painters and their intimates.

Contains photographic reproductions of the artist's work and presents critical commentary on the artist and his work.