Williamsburg Regional Library

Birth of Impressionism, masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, project curated by Guy Cogeval, Stéphane Guégan, and Alice Thomine-Berrada ; additional contributions by Krista Brugnara, Dominique Lobstein, María López Fernández, Charles S. Moffett, Lynn Federle Orr, and Eric Zafran

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Birth of Impressionism

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project curated by Guy Cogeval, Stéphane Guégan, and Alice Thomine-Berrada ; additional contributions by Krista Brugnara, Dominique Lobstein, María López Fernández, Charles S. Moffett, Lynn Federle Orr, and Eric Zafran

masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay

This volume contains a collection of one hundred works by the masters of nineteenth-century French painting telling the story of the Impressionist movement that changed the way artists view the world and the way the world views art. This book tells the story of the beloved Impressionist movement, focusing on the tumultuous period of the 1860s and 1870s and the emergence of the New Painting out of the Paris Salon. Reproductions of French painting masterpieces from the canvases of Bouguereau to the landscapes and peasant scenes of Millet and Courbet set the stage for a rich visual narrative that recounts the incubation and evolution of the Impressionist movement. The range of subject matter and techniques reflects the stylistic diversity of the artists who were part of this revolution. This work includes paintings by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cezanne, Morisot, and Degas, among others. The paintings have been selected and thematically grouped to prompt discussion of Impressionism's many facets, including France's turbulent social and political climate at the time, the state-run Salon system and the artistic rivalries it fostered, and aspects of daily life during the Belle Epoque

Part 2: Diversity and discontent in nineteenth-century French painting / Eric Zafran -- The salon: Ancients and moderns / Dominique Lobstein -- Realism: The legacies of Millet and Courbet / Dominique Lobstein -- The terrible year / Alice Thomine-Berrada -- Part 2: Manet on view / Stéphane Guégan -- Manet: Between tradition and innovation / Alice Thomine-Berrada -- Part 3: Impressionism and the new painting / Charles S. Moffett -- The école des batignolles / Alice Thomine-Berrada -- Classic impressionists: Monet, Renoir, and Sisley / Lynn Federle Orr -- Pissarro and Cézanne: An early modern friendship / Krista Brugnara -- Degas: A snapshot of modern life / María López Fernández -- Epilogue: "Secret affinities": the new painting and rationalist architecture in nineteenth-century Paris / Alice Thomine-Berrada

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Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay