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Title: American Impressionism, 2nd Edition by William H. Gerdts ISBN: 0-7892-0737-0 Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
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Summary: Wonderful Impressionism on THIS side of the Atlantic
Comment: All too often when we think of "The Impressionists," or "Impressionism," we immediately think of the French Impressionists, awesome as they are, and perhaps simply leave it at that. Yet what about the American Impressionists? Hold onto your hats, folks! I am here to tell you about a group of artists as every bit as awesome as their fellow French artists, and they are all lavishly presented in this huge, incredible book. If you have a passion for art in general, or for Impressionism, and history too, you will cherish this book. There are over 400 paintings beautifully reproduced within the pages by 125 artists, along with the very fascinating text Dr. Gerdts has written about them all. Don't think this book can only be grasped by art scholars and is for them. The well written text is easy to grasp, and certainly will be enjoyed. The book begins by focusing on painting as it was in the mid-1800's, the very roots of Impressionism. Now then, for those who have never really thought about exactly WHAT Impressionism is, the name comes from a painting exhibited by Claude Monet in 1874, entitled "Impression Sunrise," and the rest is history, however, the meaning has to do with the play of light upon a scene at that VERY moment, while the artist is painting it. In Monet's own words: "a spontaneous work rather than a calculated one." Anyway, Dr. Gerdts then presents the relationship between the American and French Impressionists, and gives wonderful anecdotes about the American artists' adventures as they flocked to Giverny to study with Monet. From here, we learn how the critics attacked the artists here, as they did the French artists abroad. But they soon triumphed during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. From there, we follow their progress, until eventually, Impressionism was replaced by Cubism and Surrealism. Some of the most well known American Impressionists are Childe Hassam, J. Alden Weir, Philip Hale, John Twachtman, Willard Metcalf, Edmund Tarbell, William Merritt Chase, and Frank Benson, to name a few. The book focuses upon more though, oh, so much more. This is a splendid book, and well worth having. I highly recommend "American Impressionism."
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Title: American Impressionism and Realism The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915 by H. Barbara Weinberg, David Park Curry, Doreen Bolger ISBN: 0300085699 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: California Impressionists by Susan Landauer, Donald D. Keyes, Jean Stern, Irvine Museum, Georgia Museum of Art, Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games ISBN: 0915977257 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Golden Age of American Impressionism by William H. Gerdts, Carol Lowrey ISBN: 0823020932 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum by Elizabeth Prelinger ISBN: 0823001903 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Frank W. Benson: American Impressionist by Faith Andrews Bedford, William H. Gerdts ISBN: 0847816095 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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