British Impressionism

McConkey, Kenneth

ISBN 10: 0810912368 / ISBN 13: 9780810912366

Published by Abrams, Inc., 1989

Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 963501-6

Synopsis:

132 illustrations, including 70 plates in color. Bound in publisher's original purple cloth with the spine stamped in gilt.

Reviews: British impressionism, like its American counterpart, has skulked in the shadows of Monet, Renoir and other French favorites. Here, in 132 excellent plates and an engaging text, is a comprehensive survey of a movement that wore many faces, from Laura Knight's intensely radiant beach scenes to Walter Sickert's urban world refracted through a restricted palette and quirky narrative technique. There is no doubt that the British impressionists are cooler and more controlled than the French: Henry Herbert La Thangue's landscapes, for example, impress with their solidity even as their lyric poetry transports the viewer. Yet the British were also adept at recording transitory moments, middle-class pleasures, effects of light and atmosphere. McConkey, who teaches in England, follows the vagaries of a movement enlivened by American expatriates James Whistler and John Singer Sargent and French expatriate Lucien Pissarro, son of the famous impressionist, Camille.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: British Impressionism
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Printing.