The Impressionist Era

The Story of Scotland’s French Masterpieces

Frances Fowle

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National Galleries of Scotland
01 November 2021

Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

A vibrant, colourful and beautiful book that introduces readers to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. It explains the difference between the two movements and the main artists associated with each. Illustrations are drawn from the renowned and outstanding collection of French art held by the National Galleries of Scotland and they include a number of rarely seen works.

This book tells the fascinating stories of how the key paintings and drawings found their way into the collection.

Artists include Monet, Millet, Gaugin, Bastien-Lepage, Charles Jaccques, Troyon, Corot, Degas, Seurat, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Vuillard, Bonnard, Derain, Matisse, Legros and Rodin.

AUTHOR: Professor Frances Fowle holds a joint post as Senior Curator of French Art at the National Gallery of Scotland and Lecturer in Art History at the University of Edinburgh. She has published widely on 19th-century art, collecting and the art market. Her most recent publication was the highly successful Pin-Ups: Toulouse Lautrec & the Art of Celebrity (2018) ISBN 9781911054214.

SELLING POINTS: .

A beautiful introduction to the art of the Impressionists and post-Impressionists, written by one of the foremost experts in the field .

Includes a number of rarely seen works .

Filled with full-page images .

Forms an accessible introduction, underpinned by high levels of scholarship

100 colour illustrations

By: Frances Fowle
Imprint: National Galleries of Scotland
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 265mm,
Weight: 833g
ISBN: 9781911054467
ISBN 10: 1911054465
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 01 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Foreword Introduction 1 Collecting the Barbizon School 2 Impressionism and Post-Impressionism 3 Alexander and Rosalind Maitland 4 The impact of the Maitland gift 5 Looking to the future Notes and references Acknowledgements and credits Index

Professor Frances Fowle holds a joint post as Senior Curator of French Art at the National Galleries of Scotland and Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art at the University of Edinburgh. She has published widely on nineteenth-century art, collecting and the art market. Her most recent NGS publication was the highly successful Pin-Ups: Toulouse Lautrec & the Art of Celebrity (2018).