Impressionism and post-impressionism : highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Jennifer A. Thompson ; with contributions by Joseph J. Rishel and Eileen Owens.

Impressionism and post-impressionism : highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art /

"With two hundred Cézannes, twenty-three Monets, and more than fifty Renoirs, the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection is one of the most significant in the country. This publication--the first by the museum dedicated to these popular works--provide...

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Online Access:Digital bookplate
Corporate Author: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Author)
Other Authors: Thompson, Jennifer A., 1972- (Contributor), Rishel, Joseph J. (Contributor), Owens, Eileen (Contributor), Rub, Timothy (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Philadelphia Museum of Art : New Haven, CT : in association with Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Philadelphia Museum of Art > Exhibitions.
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Impressionism > Exhibitions.
Post-impressionism (Art) > Exhibitions.
Art > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Exhibitions.
Art.
Impressionism.
Post-impressionism (Art)
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Exhibition catalogs.
Acquisition Notes:Gertrud A. White Memorial Fund
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Summary:"With two hundred Cézannes, twenty-three Monets, and more than fifty Renoirs, the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection is one of the most significant in the country. This publication--the first by the museum dedicated to these popular works--provides stunning images and engaging entries on more than seventy-five highlights from the collection, including Paul Cézanne's The Large Bathers, Edgar Degas's Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen, Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers, Claude Monet's Japanese Bridge and Waterlily Pond, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Moulin Rouge, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Large Bathers. Paintings, sculpture, and drawings by figures such as Mary Cassatt, Georges Seurat, Éouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot, and Auguste Rodin are presented together, providing a rich and encompassing view of these artists and the innovative works they created across mediums"--
Item Description:Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The Impressionist's Eye" held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 16-August 18, 2019.
Physical Description:216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.
ISBN:9780876332894
0876332890

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