Impressionist Painters by Guy Jennings

Meet the artists who transformed modern painting

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Guy Jennings presents twenty-one illustrated biographies of the painters who shaped Impressionism and its legacy. Arranged alphabetically for easy reference, the entries describe artistic life in nineteenth-century France and the long confrontation between the official Establishment and artists determined to paint modern experience in new ways. More than two hundred colour reproductions and contemporary photographs bring the movement's people, places and changing styles to life. The book offers an accessible overview of the pioneers whose experiments with light, colour and perception helped launch modern art.