The New painting, Impressionism, 1874-1886 : an exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco with the National Gallery of Art, Washington

ISBN: 0295963670
ISBN: 9780295963679
ISBN: 2882160003
ISBN: 9782882160003
ISBN: 9780884010470
ISBN: 0884010473
Physical Description: 507 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Publisher: Geneva, Switzerland : R. Burton ; 1986.

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The New painting, Impressionism, 1874-1886 : an exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco with the National Gallery of Art, Washington / directed and coordinated by Charles S. Moffett with the assistance of Ruth Berson and Barbara Lee Williams, Fronia E. Wissman.

Summary:

Discusses the eight exhibitions held by the French Impressionist artists and examines the history of the artistic movement.

General Note:: Exhibition held National Gallery of Art, Washington, 19 Jan.-6 Apr., 1986 and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 19 Apr.-6 July, 1986.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-505) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Directors' preface / Ian McKibbin White, J. Carter Brown -- Introduction / Charles S. Moffett -- The Impressionists and Edouard Manet / Stéphane Mallarmé -- The new painting / Louis Emile Edmond Duranty -- The intrasigent artist or how the Impressionists got their name / Stephen F. Eisenman -- The end of Impressionism / Richard Shiff -- The first exhibition 1874 : the first Impressionist exhibition in context / Paul Tucker -- The second exhibition 1876 : a failed attempt / Hollis Clayson -- The third exhibition 1877 : the "first" exhibition of Impressionist painters / Richard R. Brettell -- The fourth exhibition 1879 : contemporary popularity and posthumous neglect / Ronald Pickvance -- The fifth exhibition 1880 : disarray and disappointment / Charles S. Moffett -- The sixth exhibition 1881 : Realists among the Impressionists / Fronia E. Wissman -- The seventh exhibition 1882 : the painters called Impressionists / Joel Isaacson -- The eighth exhibition 1886 : the rhetoric of independence and innovation / Martha Ward -- La nouvelle peinture / Louis Emile Edmond Duranty.