The Golden Age of American Impressionism
- ISBN-10
- 0823020932
- ISBN-13
- 9780823020935
- Category
- Art / History / General
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Watson-Guptill Publications
- Author
- William H. Gerdts
Description
This collection includes internationally celebrated artists as well as the very best regional painters, such as Guy Rose from California, Theodore Steele from Indiana, and the southern-born Helen Turner. Also represented are works produced at the Impressionist art colonies in Giverny and Grez in France and in Old Lyme, Cragsmore, New Hope, and Cos Cob in the United States.
Written by the foremost authority on American Impressionism, Dr. William H. Gerdis, The Golden Age of American Impressionism traces the history and development of Impressionism in American and provides detailed and informative biographies of each of the twenty-nine artists represented in the book.
The fifty-six full-page color plates have been assembled from such world-class institutions as The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In addition, there are works from private collections, many reproduced for the first time.
With a vivid summary of the movement, insightful biographies of the artists, radiant full-color illustrations, and an extensive bibliography, this definitive volume is an invaluable research tool and resource for collectors and students alike.
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