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Paul Cezanne Paul Cezanne Mike Venezia Describes the life and work of the French Post-Impressionist artist, who tried new ideas in painting to express his love of nature. OL106329W
Claude Monet Claude Monet Susie Hodge Discusses the life, art, and legacy of the artist Claude Monet. Includes a timeline linking the events in his life with world events. OL15835334W
Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne Nathaniel Harris Discusses the life, art, and legacy of the artist Paul Cézanne. Includes a timeline linking the events in his life with world events. OL15839001W
The age of French impressionism The age of French impressionism Art Institute of Chicago. This volume highlights more than 100 of the Art Institute of Chicago's masterpieces, from the bold works of Édouard Manet, an important figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, to Clau… OL15994380W
Claude Monet Claude Monet Ann Waldron Examines the life and work of Monet, describing his struggle for artistic recognition and providing examples of his paintings. OL1817140W
Géricault Géricault Théodore Géricault 189 p. 26 cm OL2099318W
Orientalist Aesthetics Orientalist Aesthetics Roger Benjamin "Roger Benjamin, drawing on a decade's research in untapped archives, introduced many paintings, posters, miniatures, and panoramas and discovers an art movement closely bound to French colonial expa… OL2182359W
Matisse Matisse Antony Mason Explores the French painter's life and development as an artist, his involvement with Fauvism, and his continued experimentation with art. OL2530828W
Agnes et Yves (ma vie en bleu) Agnes et Yves (ma vie en bleu) Patricia Herlevi In hot pursuit of an affair with a Spanish Don Juan, Francophobe Agnes' plans derail by a French painter and transportation strike. Bonjour Paris! Meet Agnes Cass, a jaded arts journalist and Francop… OL26452365W
The Impressionist revolution The Impressionist revolution Howard Greenfeld Details the Impressionist "revolution" by which such artists as Renoir, Monet, and Pissarro protested the materialistic emphasis of nineteenth-century French society. OL2743467W
Esprit es-tu là? Les peintres et les voix de l'au-delà Esprit es-tu là? Les peintres et les voix de l'au-delà Savine Faupin Cet ouvrage révèle l'oeuvre d'une sélection d'artistes spirites autour de trois figures principales de la fin du XIXe siècle et du début du XXe siècle : Augustin Lesage, Victor Simon et Fleury-Joseph… OL32338929W
Charlotte in Paris Charlotte in Paris Joan Knight The young daughter of American artists living in Giverny, France, in 1893, records in her journal her exciting trip to Paris to attend an Impressionist art exhibition. Includes biographical sketches … OL442219W
Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Patricia A. MacDonald Examines the life and works of the renowned modern artist. OL4805441W
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Ernest Lloyd Raboff A brief biographical sketch of the nineteenth-century artist accompanies examples and discussions of his works. OL4970539W
Henri Rousseau Henri Rousseau Ernest Lloyd Raboff A brief biography of this French artist accompanies color reproductions and analyses of fifteen of his paintings. OL4970548W
Monet Monet Roberto Carvalho de Magalhães Discusses the style and technique of the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet. OL6034317W
The Raft The Raft Arabella Edge A tale of grand passion set in Paris in 1818, Inspired by the story of Theodore Gericault and his extraordinary masterpiece "The Raft of the Medusa". Aged just twenty-one, Gericault is feted at the p… OL6210867W
Henri Matisse, 1869-1954 Henri Matisse, 1869-1954 Volkmar Essers disability matisse OL6248043W
Cézanne Cézanne Andre . Leclerc This book presents the life and works of the artist Paul Cézanne within the cultural, social, and political context of his time. One part is devoted to the life and works of the artist, the second pa… OL755883W
The Joy of Life The Joy of Life Margaret Werth "The Joy of Life investigates the significance of the idyllic in French painting from the early 1890s to World War I, considering a fascinating series of pastoral, mythic, and utopian landscapes. Res… OL8303656W
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