Only 7 of the 30 who exhibited at the First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874 achieved fame. What happened to the rest?
Impressionism
Did the Impressionists invent plein air painting? And was Impressionism dependent on the supply of oil paints in tubes?
We should add these Masters to the growing list of those with ‘painterly’ style, and consider whether Impressionism was a development of Venetian ‘colorito’ painting?
This extended essay is likely to change much of our thinking about painting, perhaps art in general. It may be the most important book about art of this decade.
An innovator with his painterly style, some have suggested that he was even Impressionist – a whole century before Monet.
Marks made by the brush and knife serve different purposes from the late nineteenth century. They also beg some fascinating questions.
His paintings of trees reached a peak in 1887-92, with his series of poplars. Among these are some of the finest Impressionist paintings.
Monet’s paintings are overfamiliar, overexposed, and devalued. Can this book cast fresh light?
A journey from early 1800s realism to Post-Impressionism, in the company of innumerable trees.
A lovely little book giving an account of Monet’s paintings of trees.
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