Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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"Chester Dale (1883-1962) is best known for the magnificent paintings he bequeathed to the National Gallery of Art, which he acquired with the expert guidance of his first wife, Maud (1876-1953). They assembled one of the finest collections in America of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century paintings. Featuring great masterpieces of French impressionism and post-impressionism by such artists as Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, and Van Gogh, the Dale collection also includes earlier paintings that influenced these works as well as those that followed. Particular favorites of the Dales were Picasso and Modigliani, but they collected expansively--from El Greco and Boucher to George Bellows and Salvador Dalì. This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates the Chester Dale Collection at the National Gallery. Two essays and a detailed chronology document the building of the collection and the lives of the collectors, and a dramatic foldout provides a graphic presentation of the Dales' acquisition activity."--
Author: Chester Dale
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Author: Art Institute of Chicago
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Category : Art, French
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Chester Dale
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Author: Grose Evans
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 47
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In 'French Painting of the 19th Century in the National Gallery of Art' by Grose Evans, readers are treated to a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the French painting collection housed in the prestigious National Gallery of Art. The book delves into the artistic styles, techniques, and historical contexts of prominent French painters of the 19th century, providing readers with a rich understanding of the significance of these artworks. Evans' writing is scholarly and informative, making this book an essential resource for art enthusiasts and scholars alike. The detailed analysis of each painting and the inclusion of high-quality images further enhance the reading experience. This book serves as a valuable contribution to the study of French art history, shedding light on the cultural and artistic developments of the time. Overall, 'French Painting of the 19th Century in the National Gallery of Art' is a must-read for anyone interested in gaining a deeper insight into the world of French painting.
Author: Florence E. Coman
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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The art of the Impressionists has enduring appeal. Exhibitions on impressionism and impressionist artists continue to draw large crowds. Yet very little has been published that focuses on the intimate nature of much of impressionist art.Presenting over fifty works by major artists such as Bonnard, Corot, Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec, and using the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection of small French paintings in the National Gallery of Art as its starting point, this beautifully illustrated new volume explores two important aspects of impressionism. First, it illustrates how artists like Monet, Pissarro, Degas, Cezanne, Sisley and Renoir sought to capture fleeting, everyday moments and objects that made up their own lives and those of the people around them: their immediate family, friends, servants and strangers. The scale and subject matter was in stark contrast to the paintings of the official Salon. In place of large-scale academic or neoclassical subjects the impressionists turned to self-portraits, flowers in a crystal vase, a view of dancers backstage, a sister at a window, or an interior just after dinner-works that were once highly personal and introverted, wistful and dreamlike, transient and intimate in scale. Moreover, the author shows how the painting of earlier realist and landscape artists such as Corot, Rousseau, Boudin and Manet was absorbed into the small-scale impressionist works of an emerging generation of aspiring artists that included Monet, Renoir, Morisot and Pissarro. This highlights the second important feature of impressionism - its central role within the development of later nineteenth-century French and European modern art. In an introductory essay and in thematic groupings of works the author shows how, when the first impressionist exhibition opened in April 1874, critics were shocked at the small scale,"unfinished" nature of the paintings with their unmixed pigments and broken brush work, more akin to oil sketches. By the time of the last impressionist exhibition in 1886 the concept of what constituted a finished work had changed. Smaller, sketchier painting was increasingly admired for its freshness and immediacy of expression, and impressionism had given way to a radical reinterpretation by a new generation of artists. These included post-impressionists such as Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Cezanne;Vuillard and other members of the Nabis inspired by Gaugin; and, at the outset of the twentieth century Matisse, Derain and Duffy, known as the "fauves" ('wild beasts'), creators of highly coloured and emphatical brushworked paintings.
Author: Art Institute of Chicago
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Category : Art, French
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Lorenz Eitner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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The National Gallery's collection encompasses the neoclassicism of Jacques-Louis David as well as the naturalism of the Barbizon painters. The works of Jean-August-Dominique Ingres, such as the Gallery's famous portrait of Madame Moitessier, are precursors to the classical style that dominated later in the century. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's verdant landscapes, Honoré Daumier's political satires, and Jean-François Millet's realism are also included in this richly illustrated volume.
Author: John Elderfield
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691177864
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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Published in 2017 in Great Britain by National Portrait Gallery Publications, London.
Author: Lucy Paquette
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ISBN: 9780578735221
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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THE HAMMOCK: A novel based on the true story of French painter James Tissot portrays ten remarkable years in the life of James Tissot (1836-1902), who rebuilt - and then lost - his reputation in London. THE HAMMOCK is a psychological portrait, exploring the forces that unwound the career of this complex man. Based on contemporary sources, the novel brings Tissot's world alive in a story of war, art, Society glamour, love, scandal, and tragedy.
