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Impressionism on the Seine
Edited by Marina Ferretti Bocquillon. Text by Marina Ferretti Bacquillon, Anne L. Cowe, Dominique Lobstein, Vanessa Lecomte.
Stretching from Paris to Le Havre, the Seine river and the valley flanking it afford some of France's loveliest views. The ports, holiday homes and artists' houses, the boats, the washerwomen, the windmills, the open-air cafes, the picnics and the bathing supplied French painting with some of its most iconic images, particularly during the Impressionist era, when painting stepped out of the studio and into the world. It was in this period, as the industrial revolution began to get underway and the landscape began to alter accordingly, through the development of railways, ports and factories, that the rural world it threatened became an increasingly popular subject for painting. This volume brings together 60 paintings painted on the banks of the Seine, retracing the history of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to Fauvism, from Eugène Boudin to Henri Matisse. En route we encounter such familiar figures as Manet, Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley and Caillebotte, but also lesser-known figures such as Armand Guillaumin, Henri Rouart and Maximilien Luce.
"If the Seine was cradle of the New Painting all the way from Fontainebleau to Le Havre, this is because it was then the home of all innovations. It was on its banks that the new and hedonistic world convinced of the virtues of progress took shape. The Impressionist painters took a keen interest in this universe in the full swing of change and invented a different way of painting. They saw the Seine come to accommodate both industry and the leisure activities of city dwellers, observing the latter closely and often sharing in their pleasure."
Marina Ferretti Bocquillon, excerpted from Impressionism on the Banks of the Seine in Impressionism on the Seine.
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.75 x 11.75 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $39.50 LIST PRICE: CANADA $45 ISBN: 9788836616206 PUBLISHER: Silvana Editoriale AVAILABLE: 10/31/2010 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Published by Silvana Editoriale. Edited by Marina Ferretti Bocquillon. Text by Marina Ferretti Bacquillon, Anne L. Cowe, Dominique Lobstein, Vanessa Lecomte.
Stretching from Paris to Le Havre, the Seine river and the valley flanking it afford some of France's loveliest views. The ports, holiday homes and artists' houses, the boats, the washerwomen, the windmills, the open-air cafes, the picnics and the bathing supplied French painting with some of its most iconic images, particularly during the Impressionist era, when painting stepped out of the studio and into the world. It was in this period, as the industrial revolution began to get underway and the landscape began to alter accordingly, through the development of railways, ports and factories, that the rural world it threatened became an increasingly popular subject for painting. This volume brings together 60 paintings painted on the banks of the Seine, retracing the history of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to Fauvism, from Eugène Boudin to Henri Matisse. En route we encounter such familiar figures as Manet, Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley and Caillebotte, but also lesser-known figures such as Armand Guillaumin, Henri Rouart and Maximilien Luce.
