Impression : painting quickly in France, 1860-1890
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New Haven ; London : Yale University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., ©2000.
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Book
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0300084463, 9780300084467, 0300084471, 9780300084474
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240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm
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Published
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., ©2000.
Language
English
ISBN
0300084463, 9780300084467, 0300084471, 9780300084474

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General Note
Catalogue of the exhibition "Impression: painting quickly in France, 1860-1890," National Gallery, London, Nov. 1, 2000-Jan. 28, 2001; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Mar. 2-May 20, 2001; and Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., June 16-Sept. 9, 2001.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236) and index.
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The "point" of Impressionist art was to capture the fleeting moment, the transient effect of a certain place, person or time. Impressionist artists worked on site with speed and directness, hoping to distinguish their works with a new freshness, immediacy, and truthfulness. Yet the paintings they exhibited were in fact almost always completed in the studio later. This beautifully illustrated book investigates for the first time works that might truly be called Impressions--paintings that appear to be rapid transcriptions of shifting subjects but were nonetheless considered finished by their makers. Renowned Impressionist scholar Richard R. Brettell identifies and discusses Impressions by some of the best-known artists of the period, including Manet, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Morisot, Degas, Pissarro, and Caillebotte. The book surveys the various practices of individual artists in the making, signing, exhibiting, and selling of Impressions. Brettell discusses the pictorial theories behind the paintings, the sales strategies for them, and the various forms they took, including works completed in one sitting, "apparent" Impressions, and repeated Impressions. In a concluding chapter, the author considers a small group of works by Vincent van Gogh, who painted with an almost fanatical rapidity and was the only major post-Impressionist painter to push the aesthetic of the Impression even further.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Brettell, R. R. (2000). Impression: painting quickly in France, 1860-1890 . Yale University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Brettell, Richard R. 2000. Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890. New Haven ; London: Yale University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Brettell, Richard R. Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890 New Haven ; London: Yale University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass, 2000.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Brettell, R. R. (2000). Impression: painting quickly in france, 1860-1890. New Haven ; London: Yale University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Brettell, Richard R. Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890 Yale University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., 2000.

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