Luminous works by Childe Hassam, Ernest Lawson, Maurice Prendergast, John Henry Twachtman, are among the 100 seminal works featured in this book showcasing 27 artists. As members of the first generation of American painters to absorb the technique, brighter palette, and subject matter of Impressionism from their French counterparts, these artists transformed the heroic American landscape into a modern idiom. This book provides a vivid summary of the movement, starting with its roots in earlier American art and its relationship to French Impressionism. It charts the response of many of these American artists to one of the most beloved movements in 19th century painting.
- ISBN10 0847829480
- ISBN13 9780847829484
- Publish Date 22 May 2007
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 27 August 2024
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English