"This catalogue was the companion to the exhibition at the National Gallery of Art and the de Young Museum held in 1986 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the final Impressionist exhibition. It charts the evolution of the Impressionist group, and the personalities at play, presenting a cogent narrative of the rise, rupture and ultimate and inevitable dissolution, while never losing sight of the works of art themselves."
"Robert Herbert was one of the pioneering scholars of social art history. In this book he opted to view Impressionism through a sociological lens, to examine the ways that class, gender and societal concerns informed the work of the Impressionists. It helped to popularise a new line of inquiry that radically changed the way we look at Impressionism even decades later."
"While much of Impressionist scholarship focuses on the surface, Anthea Callen's book is a deep dive into how the paintings were actually made, presenting an overview of different physical aspects of art making. Along the way, she elucidates the ways that artists worked and the techniques they employed to achieve their distinctive effects. It is an invaluable study for anyone interested in understanding how paintings are created."
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