Description

This beautifully illustrated book provides a fresh introduction to this pioneering artistic movement by focusing on figurative works. Masterpieces by Degas, Seurat, Morisot, Pissarro, Cassatt, Renoir and their contemporaries highlight the contrast between intimate domestic moments and the extravagant past-times of the fashionable elite. The concluding section explores the influence of the French Impressionists in Britain, with works by Sisley, Steer, Sickert, Lavery and the talented yet often overlooked Sir George Clausen.