Late nineteenth-century France witnessed the flowering of a school of painting which, although initially derided, is now probably the best known and most loved in the entire history of art. The group of painters who became known as the Impressionists, rejecting the traditional, old-fashioned and esta blished standards set by the Ecole des Beaux Arts, began the process of turning the world of art and aesthetics on its head which continued until the emergence of a school of truly modern painters by the end of the century. Artists such as Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir each in their own way contributed to a change in technique, subject matter and handling that paved the way for a new understanding of art and its aims.

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Anyonewho has visited an art gallery will understand the value of being able to look at paintings close up, to see the way the colors have been used and how the paint has been handled Now you,can have your own personal art gallery in this series of "books, History & Techniques of the Great Masters.

Each book brings you a selection of ten or more famous paintings, magnificently reproduced in full Color and with actual size details so that you can see the way the and worked - just as though the paintings in turn and own walls. The text analyzes each painting in turn and informative captions tell you exactly which techniques the artist has used to obtain particular effects, what type of canvas and priming was used,and how the colors were chosen,mixed, and applied.

INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY

THE PAITINGS

LA GRENOUILLERE

THE BOX AT THE THEATER

THE DANCER

BALL AT THE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE

THE SWING

MME CHARPENTIER AND HER"CHILDREN

THE UMBRELLAS

THE BATHERS

GIRLS AT THE PIANO

PORTRAIT OF MISIA

LES GRANDES BAIGNEUSES

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS