The
Impressionists at Home by Pamela Todd – Hardcover:
176 pages Publisher: Thames & Hudson (October 31, 2005)
Impressionist artists and their homes are inseparably linked:
Monet and Giverny, Renoir and Les Cagnes, Pissarro and his Hermitage.
For each, home meant something slightly different: a place of
comfort in a rapidly evolving society, a sanctuary immune to
changing fortune and fame, a simpler way of life away from the
city, or a place to entertain and to express individual taste.
All of the artists, however, made their homes a mainstay of
their art.
Through this book we follow the artists' daily activities and
routines—working, dining, bathing, socializing, sleeping—and
come ever closer to the extraordinary characters behind the
paintings. Here are Berthe Morisot's conversations with her
cook; Degas' relationship with his devoted housekeeper; Monet's
highly unconventional ménage with his second wife; the
lingering mood of pleasure at the end of a good meal, as reflected
in Renoir's Boatmen's Lunch. The reader witnesses the birth
of the modern world, with its telephones and central heating,
and explores the relationships between the artists and their
models, mistresses, wives, friends, families, patrons, dealers,
doctors, gardeners, and children.
The extended Impressionist family includes the American "Givernistes"
who gathered around Monet in his later life and Impressionist
artists from other countries. All find their place, and the
book is completed by biographies of the supporting characters
and the locations of Impressionist homes for today's travelers.
180 illustrations in color and black and white.
Colin Campbell Cooper's (1858-1937) career was defined by two
periods: his education and maturity as an East Coast artist,
and his relocation, in later years to the West Coast.
The color-drenched gardens and sun-dappled nudes by Frederick
Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) have long been loved by admirers of
American Impressionism, and his paintings are treasured in museum
collections across the country. Surprisingly, this beautiful
and comprehensive volume, with more than one hundred color and
almost eighty black-and-white plates, is the first ever devoted
to his work. It is being published in conjunction with the artist's
first retrospective.
This sumptuously illustrated book is the first devoted exclusively
to Renoir`s portraiture, and in it are gathered the finest examples
of the portraits he painted during each period of his prolific
career. In these delightful paintings Renoir creates uniquely
endearing and enduring images of pleasure, comfort, and prosperity.
A close friend of William Dean Howells, John Singer Sargent,
and the legendary collector Isabella Stewart Gardner, who became
his champion, Dennis Miller Bunker (1861-1890) was one of the
most talented painters of late 19th-century America. His sudden
death at age 29 interrupted one of Boston's most promising talents.
This handsomely illustrated volume is the definitive study of
Bunker's life and work, and the only book currently available
on this fascinating, tragic artist.
Camille Pissarro by John Rewald – Hardcover,
128 pages (July 1989) Harry N Abrams
Studying the effects of light, climate, and the seasons, Camille
Pissarro experimented with art theory and technique, and fused
a distinctive style that remains his own, within the larger
style of Impressionism. He was a master in capturing the atmospheric
nuances of changing seasons and times of day: sunrise, morning
mist, hoar frost, blossoming trees, and light reflections on
water. Working in close friendship with Monet, Cezanne, Renoir,
and Degas, Pissarro participated in all Impressionist exhibitions
in Paris, and as the oldest of the Impressionists, he was a
thought-provoking influence and a source of inspiration. This
publication presents Pissarro's oeuvre in all its thematic and
artistic diversity. It is a spectrum which extends from the
coloristic masterpieces of his early years, especially his landscapes,
through to his later, equally famous views of Rouen and Paris,
and includes a diversity of subject matter as seen in his portraits,
still lifes, market scenes and representations of everyday peasant
life. With over 250 illustrations, over 100 in color, this is
an exceptional and beautifully designed survey of Pissarro's
timeless art.
Ten American Painters by William H. Gerdts –
Paperback, Published by Spanierman Gallery, 1990
This lavishly illustrated, 188-page volume includes an introduction
by William H. Gerdts and essays by experts on the individual
artists in this group to which many of the best-known American
artists of the late nineteenth century belonged: Frank W. Benson,
William Merritt Chase, Joseph DeCamp, Thomas W. Dewing, Childe
Hassam, Willard Metcalf, Robert Reid, Edward Simmons, Edmund
C. Tarbell, John H. Twachtman, and J. Alden Weir. In addition
to color images of the eleven works in the exhibition, there
are thirty-six color plates and over one hundred black and white
illustrations, many of rediscovered works. Providing a comprehensive
survey of the Ten's twenty-one years of existence and a study
of each members' participation in the group, this catalogue
is of great value to American art history.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Painter naturally features a great
many of Renoir's paintings in this lively overview of the French
Impressionist's life. Vintage postcards of various locations
in France provide a visual look at where he lived and worked.
The painter's entire life is covered, from his days as a struggling
artist comfortable at finding models in any social strata to
his long years as a family man whose contentment was disrupted
by seriously declining health. The narration offers quotes from
Renoir explaining his thoughts on painting, and specific characters
who appear in his paintings, including his future wife, are
noted. In time, his children and family maids were his models,
and when they left the house, Renoir amused himself by painting
bouquets of flowers. Renoir's nudes, now considered masterpieces,
were not always well received by the critics of his time, and
the controversies around specific paintings are discussed. While
the narration explains Renoir's love of painting nudes, modern
color film of a woman posing nude, which may strike some viewers
as extraneous, is featured. This documentary is fairly brief
and is by no means a definitive treatment of Renoir, but it
does provide an entertaining introduction to the life and work
of a great artist. —Robert J. McNamara
The
Impressionists Box Set
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006
Run Time: 300 minutes
This authoritative and entertaining new series tells the stories
of the artists who have captivated and thrilled people around
the world for generations. It chronicles the life, times and
works of each featured artist and explores their stylistic trademarks.
The programs also place each artist in historical context, highlighting
the events that inspired his work and providing a clearer understanding
of the creative process. The six programs in this collection
provide an in-depth look into the fascinating world of the Impressionists
and their art. Includes Manet, Pissarro, Seurat, Monet, Degas,
Renoir.
Renoir's
Women by Ann Dumas, John Collins – Hardcover: 127
pages Publisher: Merrell (September 2005)
Reader Review: I purchased this book after viewing this
exhibition and i must say it includes alot of paintings that
were not in the exhibit and all that were. The reproductions
are beautiful, the text is very informative, however, i wish
some of the images were larger. Nonetheless, definately a incredible
addition to my collection of art books. Thanks!
Renoir
and Algeria by Roger Benjamin, David Prochaska (Contributor)
Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Clark Art Institute (February
8, 2003)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) was the only Impressionist
artist to paint Orientalist themes, yet little has been written
about the two journeys he took to the French North African colony
of Algeria in 1881 and 1882. There he created more than two
dozen stunning works, depicting exotic scenes of ancient stone
mosques, milling crowds at a festival in the Casbah, and spectacular
palm fronds in the botanical garden. This important book, published
to accompany a traveling exhibition organized by the Sterling
and Francine Clark Art Institute, assembles for the first time
all of Renoir’s Algerian paintings as a coherent body of
work. Handsomely illustrated, the book situates Renoir’s
early studio Orientalism within the great tradition of French
Orientalist painting. The landscapes and figure paintings Renoir
completed in Algiers, several of which are previously unpublished,
are discussed in the context of the topography of the city and
of the ethnography of its people. Fascinating period photographs,
engravings, maps, and postcards, together with an essay exploring
the Algeria beyond Renoir’s canvases, provide important
historical and cultural background on the country and on the
French presence there.
Lilla
Cabot Perry: An American Impressionist by Meredith Martindale,
Pamela Moffat, Nancy Mowll Mathews – Paperback: 164 pages
Publisher: Cross River Press; Reissue edition (March 1, 1995)
Reader review: As highlighted in the this book's essay
by Nancy Mowll Mathews, Lilla Cabot Perry's story and work provide
an interesting comparison to Mary Cassatt. Whereas Cassatt,
Cecilia Beaux and several other 19th century women painters
chose never to marry, some, like Berthe Morisot and Lilla Cabot
Perry did manage to marry, raise children, and maintain a professional
level of focus on their art.
This book contains many color plates of Lilla Cabot Perry's
work: her portraits of her husband and three daughters, and
her self portraits, as well as her landscapes. Ironically, she
(like Sargent and others) were glad to be able to stop painting
portraits and concentrate on landscapes. The examples in this
book suggest that the portraits were by far the best of Perry's
work.
Good book for those interested in Impressionism or women painters
at the turn of the century.
Impressionist Quartet draws us into the inner lives of a core
group of mid-nineteenth-century artists-Edouard Manet, Mary
Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Berthe Morisot-known, collectively,
as the "Impressionists." Derided by critics, sneered
at by contemporaries, their work sold for pittances. They were
either marginalized or dismissed altogether by the French art
establishment. And, to some degree, their iconic works have
eclipsed them.
Portraying them as individuals and as fellow conspirators in
a new way of seeing and representing the world, Jeffrey Meyers
brings to life this most popular and influential group of painters
in the entire history of art. The result is an accessible and
wonderfully illuminating book that offers readers a fresh way
of looking at these artists and the priceless, timeless masterpieces
they created.
Symbolizing energy and progress, the railroad became a focus
for Impressionist painters Manet, Monet, and other artists after
the Franco-Prussian War. Based on new research into the streets
and studios of Paris, this book identifies the site of Manet's
picture GARE SAINT-LAZARE, contrasts his major works of the
1870s with earlier key paintings, and situates the artist within
his setting and associates of the time. 60 color and 101 b&w
illustrations.
A Major Impressionist and Post-Impressionist, Bernhard Gutmann
(1869-1936) recorded his travels and the joys of family life
in paintings distinguished by luscious color and an exuberant
sensibility. He was not only a painter who received serious
critical acclaim during his lifetime but also a beloved teacher,
a successful illustrator, and a master of ceramic and graphic
art.
Born and educated in Germany, Gutmann arrived in the United
States at the age of twenty-three. After moving to New York
and marrying Bertha Goldman, granddaughter of the founder of
the investment banking firm Goldman Sachs, he was financially
secure and free to concentrate on his art alone. The last decades
of his life were spent in Connecticut, where he raised his family,
and in traveling to Europe with his wife and daughters.
Because Gutmann had no need to sell his art, it remained with
his family rather than going to the galleries, auction houses,
and museums that would have kept it in the public eye. His work
therefore was little known from his death until his "rediscovery"
in 1988, when Gutmann was lauded as "an American Gauguin."
From the author:LSWAA@worldnet.att.com
11/13/96: My book is the first ever to focus on the important
working relationships between pairs of Impressionist painters—between
Degas and Manet, Monet and Renoir, and Cezanne and Pissarro;
also, between Mary Cassatt and Bertha Morisot, and between Morisot
and Manet, Cassatt and Degas, and Morisot and Renoir. The book
explores their friendships, rivalries and artistic exchanges.
For the first time, all the artists' portraits of one another
and all of the paintings made side-by-side of the same subject
are reproduced in color.
"Impressionists Side By Side" provides a unique perspective
on both the individuality and commonality of the great Impressionists.
The
Impressionists: The Other French Revolution (1986) Actors:
Edward Herrmann, Victor Garber, Josef Sommer, Amy Irving, Paul
Hecht, See
Director: Bruce Alfred
Format:
Box set, Color, NTSC
Number of discs: 2
Studio: A&E Home Video
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
Run Time: 200 minutes
The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution (1986)
Actors: Edward Herrmann, Victor Garber, Josef Sommer, Amy Irving,
Paul Hecht, more
Director: Bruce Alfred
Format:
Box set, Color, NTSC
Number of tapes: 4
Studio: A&E Home Video
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
Run Time: 200 minutes
This epic documentary does a wonderful job of recapturing the
revolutionary impact the impressionists made while providing
a historical and artistic context for this extraordinary group
of painters. The work of Monet, Degas, Morisot, and their fellow
impressionists has now become so familiar that its power to
shock has all but disappeared.
Young and resolutely modern, these artists threw off the shackles
of academic art to capture everyday life in paintings that were
iconoclastic in both style and subject. At first they struggled
to survive because their work was rejected by the conservative
Paris Salon, but those with independent means helped those without
(Monet in particular was frequently rescued from poverty by
his friends), and gradually they became impossible to ignore.
Bruce Alfred's script thoroughly explains the development of
the impressionists' approach to art and reveals fascinating
aspects of their individual personalities, while a combination
of dramatic reconstructions, period photographs, and the paintings
themselves creates a rich and informative visual tapestry. Anyone
with an interest in the history of art will find much to enjoy.
—Simon Leake
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The
Impressionists at Home
Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist
Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age
Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist 
Camille Pissarro
Guy
Rose: American Impressionist
Ten American Painters
Color, NTSC VHS Release Date: July 18, 2000
Lilla
Cabot Perry: An American Impressionist
Impressionist Quartet: The Intimate Genius of Manet and Morisot,
Degas and Cassatt
Manet, Monet, and the Gare Saint-Lazare 
Bernhard Gutmann: An American Impressionist, 1869-1936
Impressionists Side by Side: Their Friendships, Rivalries,
and Artistic Exchanges 
