Del Norte Public Library

Text and pictures chronicle the impressionist movement.

Examines the life and works of American impressionistic painter Mary Cassatt.

Some of the most famous artists of all time were from the impressionist school. Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, and Edgar Degas all created works that have stood the test of time, and they were impressionists. Readers learn about the characteristics of impressionist art and the techniques used to create it. Master impressionists are profiled throughout the book, including information about their beautiful works. Readers can use this new knowledge to...

Renoir is inspired to paint "Luncheon of the boating party" when his other work is criticized by Emile Zole, and while doing so is drawn into lives of the thirteen people featured in it as they enjoy a Parisian summer during the late 1800s.

Examines the lives of impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work through re-created albums of letters, sketches, and photographs.

"The concise edition of a book on Impressionism, the name given to the major artistic phenomenon of the 19th century and the first of the Modern Movements."--Amazon.com descrption.

Illus, bibliography, index

While visiting the art museum, Katie has an adventure stepping in and out of five paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cezanne. Includes information about Post-impressionism and the particular paintings and artists in the story.

Discusses the nineteenth-century French art movement known as Impressionism, focusing on the works of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Seurat. Includes related projects and activities.