Art + Paris : Impressionists & Post-impressionists : the ultimate guide to artists, paintings and places in Paris and Normandy

477 Pages·2013·34.63 MB·English

by  Guides

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Cover image: Claude Monet, Woman with a Parasol—Madame Monet and Her
Son, 1875. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

FOREWORD
In 19th-century Paris, a group of artists made the brazen move to
stand up to the establishment. Inspired by Édouard Manet, young
artists including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édgar Degas
and Paul Cézanne, set out to make art on their own terms. Spurning
the Académie and foregoing the official Salon, these artists paved the
way for modern art.
At a time when the average working man made between 1,500 to
2,000 francs a year and an artist favored by the official Salon could
sell his a single painting for even more, the Impressionists struggled to
get even a few hundred francs for their work. Many of these artists
lived on the verge of poverty, surviving only on handouts from
patrons and friends. Though they struggled in obscurity for decades,
those who survived through the turn of the century were vindicated
with international success.
This book will take you into the lives of the core Impressionists and
the artists who followed them. Not only will you discover the
dramatic true stories of their struggles and triumphs, this book will
take you to the real-life places where they lived and worked in Paris
and beyond.
See the world through the artists’ eyes. Get inspired.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
What Is Impressionism
Impressionists
Édouard Manet
Claude Monet
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Paul Cézanne
Edgar Degas
Berthe Morisot
Gustave Caillebotte
Vincent van Gogh
Other Impressionists & Post-Impressionsts
People Around Impressionists
Impressionist Connections
How the Impressionists Broke From the Salon
Impressionist Exhibitions
Museum Tours / 150 Paintings
Musée d’Orsay
Musée de l’Orangerie
Musée Marmottan Monet
Musée du Louvre
Petit Palais
Musée Picasso
Musée Rodin
Paris Walking Tours
Les Batignolles and Gare Saint-Lazare
Pigalle and Montmartre
Pigalle and Notre-Dame de Lorette