THE PASSIONATE EYE: IMPRESSIONIST AND OTHER MASTER PAINTINGS FROM THE E.G.BUHRLE COLLECTION THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

This book was published on the occasion of an international traveling exhibition of the most noteworthy paintings on permanent display supplemented with numerous important loans from the private collection. After a brief biography, the paintings are beautifully presented with one page commentaries. The catalogue highlights several iconic works such as Vincent van Gogh's "The Sower", Paul Cezanne's "Boy in the Red Vest", Auguste Renoir's "Irene Cahen d"Anvers,", Paul Gauguin's " Still Life With Sunflowers on an Armchair", and Edgar Degas' "Madame Camus at the Piano"(Buhrle also purchased two drawing studies for this painting). Other interesting canvases include Edouard Manet's "The Suicide", two Georges Seurat's studies, a portrait of Gauguin's wife painted very early in his career, Pablo Picasso's "Italian Woman", "The Dinner", a rare domestic scene by Claude Monet, Wasilly Kandinsky's early "The Blue Rider", and Franz Marc's "The Dog in Front of the World".