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From an exhibit focusing on the letters between CamillePissarro and his eldest son, part of the Pissarro family archive nowin the Ashmolean (extracts in the original French). One of threebooks on Pissarro from the Ashmolean at Oxford, England, and availablefrom this American source. Distributed by Woodstocker Books. ... Read more

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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) a une place à part dans la grande aventure de l Impressionnisme. Bien avant que le mouvement se constitue, il avait amorcé l essentiel de ce qui fut son esthétique et, durant les années tumultueuses de son aventure (de 1874 à 1886), il sera l un des plus fidèles et des plus soucieux à en soutenir le dynamisme.
Paradoxal, ou soucieux de ne pas s enfermer dans les limites d un système, il sera pourtant l un de ceux qui ouvriront l Impressionnisme sur des solutions d avenir, militant pour la reconnaissance d un Gauguin, d un Seurat, dans la suite des expositions que certains de ses compagnons, peu à peu, bouderont.
C est vers lui, et grâce à lui, que certains se révéleront à eux mêmes, et Cézanne n est pas des moindres à illustrer la richesse des rapports qu il savait instaurer avec ses cadets. Tout comme Gauguin.
Homme de rigueur et de tempérance, il est l exemple de l artiste tout entier habité par son art. Sans compromissions, faiblesses ou remords, il conduit sa vie et son uvre dans une étroite et féconde ténacité.
Impressionniste, il l est plus qu aucun de ceux que le mouvement revendique. Avec lui, la peinture aborde le monde de la réalité la plus simple, la plus « humaine ». Sans souci de spéculation esthétique arbitraire, seulement soucieux d aller au plus près de la réalité dans ses ardeurs secrètes, sa vie profonde, sa vitalité généreuse.
Peindre, c est trouver le bonheur de savoir, de donner à voir, de partager. La peinture est un accomplissement de soi. Un exemple rare.
Dans son essai, Jean Jacques Lévêque propose une lecture nouvelle de cette uvre moins souvent analysée que celles des « ténors » que sont Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh ou Gauguin, avec lesquels il a connu des relations fécondes et enrichissantes. Sa modestie, tout comme celle de son propos, le confinent dans une sorte de retrait par rapport à la grande aventure impressionniste. Ce qui est profondément injuste tant il en représente à la fois la vitalité, la nouveauté et l essentiel de ce qui fait son attrait. Le voici tel qu en lui même, une sorte de patriarche, de sage, tout empli du bonheur de peindre. ... Read more

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ABSOLUTELY STUNNING COLOR PLATES
The paintings presented in this book are mesmerizing.Each painting is presented on a full glossy page in color. There are landscapes as well as figures.Each print is of excellent quality --enough to frame.I LOVE this art book! ... Read more

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Presents a biography of Camille Pissarro ... Read more

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This large, lavish journey through the art of the 19th-century French landscape offers a host of masterful works, among them Corot's Forest of Fontainbleau, Millet's End of the Hamlet of Gruchy, Renoir's Rocky Crags at L'Estaque, and Monet's Rue de la Bavolle, Honfleur. As is often the case, however, some of the most wonderful things to see are also the least expected: rare and unusual monotypes by Degas, three states of a softground etching by Pissarro, and numerous works by some of their lesser-known but equally important contemporaries. Unlike previous books on the topic, Impressions of Light presents a unique and stunningly complete group of work that introduces a new level of complexity into the discussion of French landscapes. Rather than considering the landscape as a steady, linear development and the product of a single medium, it takes into account the many crosscurrents and intersecting developments in French art, from the Barbizon school through the post-Impressionist period. In addition, it studies the landscape in a variety of media--painting, prints, and photography--exploring both the individual artists' perceptions and the ways in which they influenced each other. With over 80 paintings and 70 works on paper from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's collections, and published to accompany a major exhibition, Impressions of Light encompasses more than 100 years and 56 artists working in a dozen different media. It holds the broadest possible view, yet never loses sight of the extraordinary intricacy that makes the landscape so enduringly appealing. Artists Include:Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Huet, Odilon Redon, Jean-Francois Millet, Charles-Francois Daubigny, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, and Paul Gaugin among others.

Essays by Fronia E. Wissman, Karen E. Haas, Anne Havinga, Sue Welsh Reed and Barbara Stern Shapiro.
Introduction by George T.M. Shackelford.

Clothbound, 320 pages, 180 color and 25 b&w ... Read more

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Come Visit Beautiful French Landscapes
The book Impressions of Light by George Shackleford et al is a companion book to an art exhibit of works from Boston's Museum of Fine Art. The paintings are landscapes created by France's greatest nineteenth century painters and photographers. Most of the painters are Impressionists but others schools are represented as well. The book also contains sketches which were part of the exhibit. The sketches, as well as the written commentary which accompanies many of them, allows the reader to better understand the creative process of the painters. The factual information in the book is very extensive and helps the readers see more in the works than normally meets the eye. Perhaps what is most interesting about this book and the collection of paintings and photographs included it is the plethora of lesser known works by these great artists. Readers, especially those who have been fortunate to view the exhibit, will be transported to the settings of these great works and gain a deeper appreciation of these great artists and photographers.

A spectaculrly beautifully, illustrated art history
Impressions Of Light: The French Landscape From Corot To Monet is a lavishly, richly, spectaculrly beautifully, illustrated art history showcasing one hundred years of French art and 56 French artists. Included area wealth of rare and unusual monotypes by Degas, three states of a softground etching by Pissarro, and numerous illustrative works by lesser-known by equally significant contemporaries. Of particular interest is the attention paid to intersecting developments in French art from the Barbizon school through post-Impressionism. Enhanced with more than 80 paintings and 70 works on paper drawn from the MFA collections, showcasing the French landscape through painting, prints, and photography, Impressions Of Light deftly explores individual artists' perceptions as well as the manifold ways that influenced each other. Impressions Of Light will prove to be a welcome and much appreciated contribution to Art History collections in general, and 19th Century French landscape art and photography in particular. ... Read more

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This beautifully designed exhibition catalogue explores the optically vibrant paintings of the late nineteenth-century Italian Divisionists, examining, for the first time, their relationship to Neo-Impressionism. Artists from both movements subscribed to a painting technique rooted in color theory; held left-wing political views; and pursued similar subject matter--from idyllic landscapes to timely social problems. Arcadia and Anarchy underscores the Italian artists' autonomy from their European counterparts and highlights their importance in pioneering Modernism. Published to accompany the premiere of the exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, which was curated by Vivien Green and will travel to the Guggenheim Museum, New York in the summer of 2007, this focused study of 40 key Divisionist works is the first of its kind to appear in the United States. Featuring work by Giovanni Segantini, Theo Van Rysselberghe, Albert Dubois-Pillet, Georges Seurat, Vittore Grubicy de Dragon, Maximilien Luce, Paul Signac, Emilio Longoni, Camille Pissarro, Angelo Morbelli, Henri-Edmond Cross, Plino Nomellini, Charles Angrand, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Giovanni Sottocornola, Jan Toorop and Gaetano Previati, it includes essays by Green, as well as by noted scholars Giovanna Ginex, Dominique Lobstein and Aurora Scotti Tosini. ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Man Ray, Arnold Schoenberg, Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Camille Pissarro, Max Jacob, Mark Rothko, Pascin, Moise Kisling, Frank Auerbach, David Bomberg, László Moholy-Nagy, Jane Frank, Walter Goodman, El Lissitzky, Robert B. Sherman, Eliahu Gat, Ben Shahn, Philip de László, Archie Rand, Chaim Goldberg, Lasar Segall, Ronnie Landfield, Lucian Freud, Ilka Gedő, Mark Gertler, R. B. Kitaj, Al Feldstein, Philip Guston, Felix Nussbaum, Charlotte Salomon, Paul Burlin, Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, Lee Krasner, Barnett Newman, Sonia Delaunay, Wolfgang Paalen, Isaac Levitan, Jules Olitski, Avi Schwartz, Samuel Bak, Dora Maar, Roberto Aizenberg, Morris Louis, Carlo Levi, Eric Fischl, Rhea Carmi, Solomon Hart, Felix Lembersky, Nicolae Vermont, Jim Dine, Leonid Pasternak, Ida Applebroog, Jack Levine, Mordechai Avniel, Dina Babbitt, Bill Meyer, Simeon Solomon, Raphael Soyer, Solomon Joseph Solomon, Ilya Schor, Léon Bakst, Adolph Gottlieb, Larry Rivers, Jozef Israëls, Shimshon Holzman, Nehemiah Persoff, Jacob Kramer, Gerald Davis, Menashe Kadishman, Fred Uhlman, Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Zahara Schatz, Nathan Altman, Max Liebermann, Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Louis Marcoussis, Julia Goodman, Nahum Gutman, Fernando Gerassi, Isaac Soyer, Paul Brach, Joseph Solman, Larry Zox, Grégoire Michonze, Maurycy Gottlieb, Gluck, Richard Lindner, List of Israeli Visual Artists, Jesekiel David Kirszenbaum, Judy Cassab, Michael Gross, Bernard Meninsky, Hyman Bloom, Mane-Katz, Lionel S. Reiss, Liebermann-Villa, Ahuva Sherman, Nat Mayer Shapiro, Eduard Frankfort, Anna Ticho, Lubov Rabinovich, Joseph Kossonogi, Michel Kikoine, Isidor Kaufmann, William S. Schwartz, Pinchus Kremegne, Ludwig Meidner, Moshe Maimon, Yitzhak Frenkel, Eric Goldberg, Ofer Lellouche, Romeo Niram, Paul Citroen, Isaak Brodsky, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=63135 ... Read more