Impressionism in Britain. Hardcover - 1995

-Yale University Press (1995)-. Exhibition catalogue. First paperback edition 1995. 265x215mm 224 pages with index. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Paperback, slight sunning to spine edge. Very good. A catalogue to the exhibition of Impressionism in Britain held at the Barbican Art Gallery in London in the spring of 1995, this work argues that in the late 19th century, Impressionism was far less homogeneous than we recognize today. It defined itself internationally in a series of schools which had all originated through contact with Paris. In Britain, Impressionism involved the English paintings of Monet, Sisley and Degas, as well as the work of such groups as the "London Impressionists" of 1889, the Newlyn and Glasgow schools, and the Impressionist colonies at Walberswick and Staithes. Impressionism was practised and exhibited by such artists as James McNeill Whistler, George Clausen, Stanhope Forbes, John Lavery, John Singer Sargent, Walter Sickert and Philip Wilson Steer. McConkey demonstrates how their persistences moved Victorian painting away from stale classicism and literary anecdote, to a modern British art of colour, light and form, many examples of which are presented in this study. We are specialists in Catalogues: Exhibitions, Auctions, Collections, etc. All items are as described and dispatched within 24 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with over 38 years experience, you may order with confidence. McConkey ART, BRITISH, IMPRESSIONISM Britain 0300063350