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When Monet gave the title "Impression: Sunrise" to a painting he showed in the historic exhibition of 1874 in Paris, he unwittingly gave a name ot the most important artistic phenomenon of the nineteenth century and the first of the modern movements--Impressionism. Monet was the most characteristic and the most influential of the Impressionists, who have long since outlived the mocking tone in which the critics first applied the label to them. Monet,...

This book presents a stunning exploration of the life and works of Henri Matisse, regarded by peers and critics alike as one of the greatest artists of his generation. Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is justifiably regarded as one of the most influential French artists of the 20th century - Pablo Picasso, a life-long friend, considered him his singular rival. Throughout his career, Matisse experimented with many different styles - including Impressionism,...

This biography of the French artist describes his travels, lifestyle, love affairs, and the battle with syphilis that eventually took his life. "Everyone knows something about Paul Gauguin, but what do they really know? To many he is still the purveyor of the most seductive dream in Western art: the French stockbroker who abandoned his stultifyingly bourgeois family and career, traveling to the ends of the earth in search of a tropical Eden that...