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Katie Meets The Impressionists (Scholastic Bookshelf)

12 reviews
James Mayhew

Scholastic, 2007

Katie Meets the Impressionists
James Mayhew set the bar high with this adventurous and educational story. I cannot think of a better way to encourage children to explore impressionism. Our daughter was just 3.5 when we first fell in love with Katie. We have since purchased the series of Katie books and enjoy sharing them with other children.

Great French Paintings From The Barnes Foundation: Impressionist, Post-impressionist, and Early Modern

2 reviews
Barnes Foundation

Knopf, 1995

Barnes Foundation French Paintings
We discovered the Barnes Foundation while on vacation in Philadelphia. Dr. Barnes amassed an amazing art collection, in both depth and breadth from the 1920s-1950s. Our main interest were the Impressionists, and with over 100, we were impressed. We were also impressed by the number of French citizens that were visiting the Foundation to view the artworks. This book does a very good job of ...

The Private Lives of the Impressionists

20 reviews
Sue Roe

HarperCollins, 2006

Lives of artists come alive
I found this to be an excellently researched book covering the lives of the artists known as Impressionists. It went chronologically, with stories of their work, their families, and what was going on in the world around them that affected their ability to make a living at their art. It wasn't boring in the least, and let the reader get a clear picture of the personalities and characters of ...

Monet and the Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities (For Kids series)

3 reviews
Carol Sabbeth

Chicago Review Press, 2002

A superb art activity book about the Impressionists for kids
The invention of photograph had a profound impact on painting. At the start of the 19th-century the goal of painting was realism, but with a camera that became a moot point. Eventually the art world decided the only rational thing to do was to go in the opposite direction and to find an alternative to reality. The Impressionists represent the first successful movement by paintings to capture ...

How to Paint Like the Impressionists: A Practical Guide to Re-Creating Your Own Impressionist Paintings

2 reviews
Susie Hodge

Collins Design, 2004

Create your own impression
Since I believe all art is an impression - whether it is a photo, an oil painting, or a cold sausage lying on the bottom of a bath - I should always advise someone to develop their own 'style,' but a little help can go a long way. This is a very helpful book - the best I've found on this subject so far.

Impressionist Quartet: The Intimate Genius of Manet and Morisot, Degas and Cassatt

4 reviews
Jeffrey Meyers

Harcourt, 2005

Impressionist Delight-ful Reading
If you love their art and you would like to learn about their personal friendships, this is the book to have. Highly recommend it.

Impressionists by the Sea

2 reviews
John House, David Hopkins

Royal Academy of Arts, 2007

Not to be missed!
I purchased this book because I wanted a preview of the exhibit that will run from February 9 to May 11, 2008 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT. Impressionists by the Sea is a collection of 69 paintings documenting French nineteenth-century artists' fascination with the Normandy coast. It features 14 paintings by Monet, 7 by Boudin and 5 by Courbet as well as works by ...

Women Impressionists

1 review
Ingrid Pfeiffer, Linda Nochlin, ...

Hatje Cantz, 2008

Great Women Impressionists
When it comes to research into art history it is lamentable that the accomplishments of male artists are over-represented in scholarly publications and that those of women artists are by and large glossed over or just plain ignored. This failing of traditionally conservative male art historians to address this imbalance is slowly being re-evaluated and corrected. A fascinating task, it is being ...

Painting the Impressionist Landscape: Lessons in Interpreting Light and Color

47 reviews
Lois Griffel

Watson-Guptill, 1994

Good source of info!
I learned so much from this book. I started painting about 3 years ago and I just painted a little bit more realistically and now I can actually paint in a more impressionist way! Very informing... satisfied + customer

California Impressionists

3 reviews
Susan Landauer, Jean Stern, ...

University of California Press, 1996

The colors are perfect.
I got curious about California impressionism a few years ago when someone saw my sketchbook and pointed out that what I was doing was called "plein air" art. One of my favorite things to do is to go up into the hills over Berkeley with my sketchbook and get pastel dust all over my nose and on some paper. I poked around for quite a while to find more images of this style but felt like the images ...

American Impressionist Paintings: in the Collection of the Florence Griswold Museum: 24 Cards
Florence Griswold Museum

Dover Publications, 2004

Once the largest Impressionist art colony in America, the Florence Griswold home is still renowned for its collection of Impressionist paintings. This handsome card collection showcases the work of 24 of these artists, including Edward C. Volkert, Matilda Browne, Willard Metcalf, Childe Hassam, Charles H. Davis, and Henry Ward Ranger.

Soviet Impressionist Painting

3 reviews
Vern Swanson

Antique Collectors' Club, Ltd., 2008

Truly sumptuous
Covering Soviet realist art from the 1930s to the 1980s, this impressive volume Soviet Impressionist Painting is a revelation. The well written and accessible text is both interesting and informative, explaining the prevailing conditions which influenced the artists and their work. The reproductions of the paintings are interspersed with the text, and vary from smaller than postcard size to the ...

The Impressionists at Leisure

2 reviews
Pamela Todd

Thames & Hudson, 2007

A Superior Art History Book
Highly recommend this book. A guided tour back in time to the 19th century...this book shows our favorite French and American Impressionists at their leisure time activities. Quality reproductions of the artists paintings top off a great read.

Monet: The Ultimate Impressionist

2 reviews
Sylvie Patin

Harry N. Abrams, 1993

Excellent introduction and overview of Monet's life and work
When ordering I thought that this was a large format book, and was a bit disappointed when I got it and saw that it is pocket-size format. But it turned out to be such a pleasure to read, that I recently ordered a similar book on Van Gogh.

The Impressionists' Paris: Walking Tours of the Artists' Studios, Homes, and the Sites They Painted

5 reviews
Ellen Williams

Little Bookroom, 1999

Excellent mixture of information and imagery
This and a Metro map will take care of me for a week. A little about Paris, a little about the period, a little about the artists... "The Impressionists' Paris" is a learning experience, even for a student of impressionist art, and even if you're not planning a trip to Paris soon. All but one of these 3 walks are on the right bank, which is otherwise somewhat impressionist-deprived since the ...

Impressionist Art: A Crash Course (Crash Course (Watson-Guptill))
David Boyle

Watson-Guptill, 2001

Painting the Impressionist Watercolor

7 reviews
Lee Boynton, Linda Gottlieb

Watson-Guptill, 2003

Inspired Me to Continue with Watercolor
I was at the point of giving up watercolor - it was too fussy, I didn't have time for the perfect conditions or studio with kids, and I frankly didn't get the necessity of doing layer upon layer of washes. I saw this book in the library, checked it out, and could not put it down. It absolutely transformed the way I paint. Needless to say, I bought the book, have done every exercise in it, and ...

Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin

1 review
Dover

Dover Publications, 2007

Impressionism makes an Impression
From Bazille to Whistler, the 60 masterpieces are wonderfully drawn for young imaginations to fill-in with color! For some, this will be a great introduction to art; for others it may inspire the walk up a path to beautiful art. But all the young people who are lucky enough to have this book will be reminded of it from time-to-time for the rest of their lives.

The Impressionist

50 reviews
Hari Kunzru

Plume, 2003

A truimph
I just read "The Impressionist" and closed the book with a sense of real awe. I couldn't put it down. I thought it was damn near brilliant as a literary vaudeville, a satire, a romance novel, a mystery and most or worst of all, a story of manners. Some on this thread have puffed themselves up and discussed the implications of Joseph Conrad's influence on Kunzru as if that was a bad thing. I ...

A Garden of Impressionist Verse: Nineteenth-Century French Poetry

Chicago Review Press, 2008

Illustrated with classic Impressionist paintings, this beautiful anthology features verses by Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Verlaine, and Victor Hugo. Perfect for Francophiles and poetry lovers alike, each poem is presented in the original French side-by-side with English translations. Peppered throughout with works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, and Sisley, the collection also includes brief biographies of the poets and ...

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