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Jean-Jacques Lévêque

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La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne (French Edition)

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Art Creation Realisation

Here is the volume for those who wish to see the painters they love within the context of their era. It considers diverse aspects of the years 1870-1890, such as the exodus to the country, the theme of women and the rapid growth of sprawling towns, through specific analysis. Combined with this is a chronicle which presents the major works of Impressionism, alongside academic pictorial production, placing both within the wider framework of contemporary Art and Literature. This new approach guides us through the artistic life of the era and the Paris artworld of painters, writers and musicians.

Les Annees Impressionistes (1870-1889) (French Edition)

During the period of 1848 to 1869, Art underwent its most vital upheavals. In the Salons, Academism triumphed - but in the studios, a revolution was brewing. Corot was on the roads of France. Manet was causing a scandal, but Monet and Renoir, Pissarro and Sisley were lying low. Over hill and vale, an enchanting rural France offered itself to them. From the Tuileries, where the Court attracted the whole of Europe, to the Salon held by the princess Mathilde, a new society was in the making. This volume, part of a series which already chronicles the Annees Impressionnistes, the Annees de la Belle Epoque and the Annees Folles, recounts this moment through rich documentation. It is a journey through time. From blaring brass-bands to Oriental myth, from "triumphant firemen" to young rebels inventing Naturalism, the dawn of Impressionism is already the dawn of modernity.

L'Aube de l'Impressionisme (1848-1869) (French Edition)

Madame de Sevigne, ou la saveur des mots (1626-1696) (PocheCouleur No. 17) (French Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

On the 21st of February 1894, Gustave Caillebotte died at age 46. He had built a solid and imposing body of work within a relatively short period - nineteen years.His work has long been neglected and his life as a painter often obscured by the part which he played in the development of Impressionism as an art collector.Between Monet's ardent, free style, and the Naturalism of Degas with whom he shared an appetite for modernity, he appears as a singularly original artist. His work focuses on modern themes. Where Impressionism was torn between a respect for the pictorial tradition and the urge to rid itself of the limitations of this same tradition, Gustave Caillebotte succeeded in accomplishing an innovative and coherent body of work.

Gustave Caillebotte. L'oublie de l'Impressionnisme (1848-1894) (PocheCouleur N° 6) (French Edition)

One of Henri Fantin-Latour's pieces, Un Coin de table, is widely known. It includes the admirable portrait of the poet Rimbaud. Despite the worldly success which Fantin-Latour enjoyed in his day, in recent years he has been neglected by art-historians. There are few publications about him. This volume draws a synthesis of his mysterious and seductive work. Though he was a friend of the Impressionists, Fantin-Latour did not join them. He was also a friend of the academic painters, although he did not share their prejudiced reading of new painting. He was an isolated artist. His work ranges from group-portraits from the art circles of his time, still lives and portraits. The most intriguing part of his work are the paintings of his family and friends. Within this volume, Jean Jacques Leveque highlights some of the most vivid works from the late 19th-century.

Henri Fantin-Latour. Un peintre intimiste (1836-1904)(PocheCouleur No. 19) (French Edition)

The Impressionist Adventure (PocheCouleur No. 24)

History & Criticism

According to legend, the site of the Louvre was long ago infested with wolves. A slight phonetic change, and the French word 'loup', meaning wolf, gave birth to the name that would be used for a palace, and eventually, a museum. But first it was a fortress.

The Louvre. A Palace, a Museum (PocheCouleur N° 27)

More than a mere guide, just giving an inventory of the collections in the Orsay Museum, this book offers a promenade through its galleries, examining the historical and social context which are intrinsically linked to all works of art. This book examines the influences of the artistic production of the 19th century, and gives a better understanding of their interrelation. We see how an old way of life died off and a new one, the one we descend directly from, was born. The Orsay Museum, more than any other, allows this type of discovery, which is less a presentation and description of works than an examination of their place in the social context of the time. It helps uncover the links between painting, architecture, the decorative arts. literature and music, as well the emerging arts, such as photography. More than just a guide to the Orsay Museum, this original book provides an overview of the history of l9th century art in all its forms.

Orsay Museum. Promenade through the Collections (PocheCouleur No. 32) (English Edition)

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