Impressionist still life /

The popularity of still-life painting continues to soar-as evidenced by the success of Abrams' recent book on Manet's still lifes, as well as by several major museum exhibitions. With lush colorplates reproducing more than 65 masterworks by 17 Impressionist artists, this exceptional collection of still lifes is a brilliant display of the genre in all its glory.

Van Gogh, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Pissarro, Monet, and Manet are among the artists featured. Illuminating the paintings are an introduction by Eliza Rathbone and essays on the still-life tradition and the influence of Chardin. This handsome volume accompanies an exhibition at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Eliza Rathbone is chief curator of the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
George Shackelford is chair of the Art of Europe at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Jeannene Mari Przyblyski is a San Francisco-based art historian and critic.
John McCoubrey is the James and Nan Farquhar Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania.
Richard Shiff holds the Ettie Marie Cain Regents Chair in Art at the University of Texas at Austin.