Exhibition catalogue "Un été au bord de l'eau - Loisirs et Impressionnisme"

A summer at the water's edge - Normandy Impressionist - Caen - Exhibition catalogue

EK196063
Written in French.

The exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum, Caen in 2013 brings together masterpieces by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Cézanne and Seurat, while also revealing artists rarely shown in France, such as Willumsen and Sorolla. They all illustrate marvellously the new craze for the pleasures...
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Characteristics

Number of pages
144
Dimensions
22 x 28x 1,1 cm
Themes
Sea, Country and outdoor scenes
Number of illustrations
130
Artists
Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Claude Monet (1840-1926), Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Georges Seurat (1859-1891), Eugène Boudin (1824-1898)
Art movements
19th century, Impressionism, French paintings
Reference
EK196063
EAN
9782711860630
Publication date
avril 2013
Diffusor
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Distributor
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Conservation museum
Paris - Réunion des musées nationaux- Grand Palais

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Edouard Manet (1832-1883)

Major French painter and engraver of the late 19th century. A precursor of modern painting, which he freed from academism, Édouard Manet is wrongly considered to be one of the fathers of Impressionism: he differs from it in that he is concerned about reality and makes little or no use of the new techniques of colour and the particular treatment of light.