Full Description
A vibrant, colourful and beautiful book that introduces readers to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. It explains the difference between the two movements and the main artists associated with each. Illustrations are drawn from the renowned and outstanding collection of French art held by the National Galleries of Scotland and they include a number of rarely seen works.
This book tells the fascinating stories of how key paintings and drawings found their way into the collection.
Artists include Monet, Millet, Gauguin, Bastien-Lepage, Charles Jacque, Troyon, Corot, Degas, Seurat, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Vuillard, Bonnard, Derain, Matisse, Legros and Rodin.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 Collecting the Barbizon School
2 Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
3 Alexander and Rosalind Maitland
4 The impact of the Maitland gift
5 Looking to the future
Notes and references
Acknowledgements and credits
Index
