Great masters of French impressionism

by Diane Kelder

Art book.

Genres: Art

158 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

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[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

As an art neophyte (well, actually, as someone trying to work his way up to the level of neophyte), I have little to compare this author's artistic assessments to. Worst yet, the author's comments are more or less confined to the several dozen works that, at the time the book was written, were in the collection at the National Gallery of Art - this is not an overview of the French masters. Nevertheless, I gained some useful tidbits about these works and the genre itself. Not a bad resource, especially if it happens to be on your shelf already.

[Anna Pervukhin Sammons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Attempts to avoid rehashing stuff that everybody knows without actually saying anything new or controversial. Results are predictable. But selected paintings are really great.