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Book Review
Discover Degas and Miss La La
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 195–196
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Degas, Edgar
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
French art / Impressionism
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Discover Degas and Miss La La By Anne Robbins, Chiara Di Stefano, Laurie Fierstein, Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby, Denise Murrell, Sterre Overmars, Isolde Pludermacher and Christopher Riopelle. 136 pp. incl. 106 col. ills. (National Gallery Global, London, 2024), £16.95. ISBN 978–1–85709–714–6. | :
Exhibition Review
Monet and London: Views of the Thames Monet and the Impressionist Cityscape
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 32-4
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Monet, Claude / Jongkind, Johann Barthold / Meryon, Charles / Pissarro, Camille / Luce, Maximilien / Matisse, Henri
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Great Britain / Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
places:
London / Paris
subjects:
French art / Cityscapes / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Monet and the Impressionist Cityscape Edited by Ralph Gleis and Josephine Hein. 120 pp. incl. 82 col. + b. & w. ills. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and Hirmer, Munich, 2024), £29.95. ISBN 978–3774–4404–9. | :
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Monet and London: Views of the Thames Courtauld Gallery, London 27th September 2024–19th January 2025 | :
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Attributed works:
1. Waterloo bridge, effet de soleil (sunlight effect), by Claude Monet. 1903. Oil on canvas, 73.8 by 98.1 cm. (Milwaukee Art Museum; exh. Courtauld Gallery, London).
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2. Charing Cross Bridge, la Tamise (the Thames), by Claude Monet. 1903. Oil on canvas, 73.4 by 100.3 cm. (Musée des Beaux- Arts, Lyon; exh. Courtauld Gallery, London).
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3. Quai du Louvre, by Claude Monet. 1867. Oil on canvas, 65.1 by 92.6 cm. (Kunstmuseum Den Haag; exh. Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
Book Review
Le Décor Impressionniste: Aux sources des Nymphéas La Peinture Impressionniste et la décoration
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1272–5
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Orton-Hatzis, Anna (Orton-Hatzis, Anna)
Reviewer:
Pissarro, Joachim (Pissarro, Joachim)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Monet, Claude / Cézanne, Paul / Caillebotte, Gustave / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Pissarro, Camille / Degas, Edgar
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France
subjects:
Impressionism / Decorative arts / Interiors / French art / French decorative art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
10. Installation view of ‘Le Décor Impressionniste: Aux sources des Nymphéas’, at the Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, 2022, showing a reconstruction of the original arrangement of paintings by Paul Cezanne in the ‘grand salon’, the Jas de Bouffan, Aix-en-Provence. (Photograph © OPM). | :
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La Peinture Impressionniste et la décoration By Marine Kisiel. 380 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Les éditions Le Passage, Paris, 2021), €35. ISBN 978–2–8474–2439–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Installation view of ‘Le Décor Impressionniste: Aux sources des Nymphéas’, at the Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, 2022, showing a reconstruction of the original arrangement of paintings by Paul Cezanne in the ‘grand salon’, the Jas de Bouffan, Aix-en-Provence. (Photograph © OPM).
Attributed works:
11. Le Déjeuner: panneau décoratif, by Claude Monet. 1873. Oil on canvas, 160 by 201 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
12. Parterre de marguerites, by Gustave Caillebotte. 1892–93. Oil on canvas, 205 by 115 cm. (Musée des impressionnismes, Giverny).
Exhibition Review
Caillebotte: Painting Men
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1253–5
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Reviewer:
zelger, franz (zelger, franz; Zelger, Franz)
Subjects
artists:
Caillebotte, Gustave
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
French art / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caillebotte: Painting Men Musée d’Orsay, Paris 8th October 2024–19th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Homme au bain, by Gustave Caillebotte. 1884. Oil on canvas, 144.8 by 114.3 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Attributed works:
20. Pont de l’Europe, by Gustave Caillebotte. c.1877. Oil on canvas, 105.7 by 130.8 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
Attributed works:
21. Boulevard vu d’en haut, by Gustave Caillebotte. 1880. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Monet: The Restless Vision Monet’s Minutes: Impressionism and the Industrialization of Time
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1088–9
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
art literature:
Biographies / Social history
artists:
Monet, Claude
subjects:
French painting / Impressionism / Time
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Monet: The Restless Vision By Jackie Wullschläger. 576 pp. incl. 50 col. + 113 b. & w. ills. (Allen Lane, London, 2023), £35. ISBN 978–0–241–18830–9. | :
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Monet’s Minutes: Impressionism and the Industrialization of Time By André Dombrowski. 264 pp. incl. 91 col. + 41 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2023), £50. ISBN 978–0–300–27066–2. | :
Exhibition Review
Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 735–8
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Reviewer:
Deutsch, Allison (Deutsch, Allison)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
Impressionism / French art / Société Anonyme / Salon des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism Musée d’Orsay, Paris 26th March–14th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Guerre civile, by Edouard Manet. 1871. Lithograph, 39.5 by 50.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
13. Le Salon de 1874, by Camille Cabaillot- Lassalle. 1874. Oil on canvas, 100 by 81.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
14. La repasseuse, by Edgar Degas. 1869. Charcoal, white chalk and pastel on paper, 74 by 61 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Book Review
Cassatt–McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 518–521
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Reviewer:
MacDuffee, Allison (MacDuffee, Allison)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Cassatt, Mary / McNicoll, Helen
dates:
1860-1929
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
subjects:
American art / Canadian painting / Women artists / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Cassatt–McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds Edited by Caroline Shields. 151 pp. incl. 122 col. + 8 b. & w. ills. (Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2023), $45. ISBN 978–1–77310–317–4. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Madame J (young woman in black), by Mary Cassatt. 1883. Oil on canvas, 80 by 63.5 cm. (Maryland State Archives).
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13. Farmyard, by Helen McNicoll. c.1908. Oil on canvas, 71 by 85.5 cm. (New Brunswick Museum, Saint John).
Attributed works:
14. The Chintz sofa, by Helen McNicoll. 1913. Oil on canvas, 81.3 by 99.1 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 434–435
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Reviewer:
Clarke, Michael (Clarke, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Impressionism / Post-Impressionism / Modern art
Reviewed Items
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After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art By MaryAnne Stevens, with contributions by Maria Alambritis, Julien Domercq, Charlotte de Mille, John Milner, Daniel Sobrino Ralston, Christopher Riopelle, Camilla Smith and Sabine Wieber. 272 pp. incl. 150 col. ills. (National Gallery Global, London, 2023) £20. ISBN 978–1–85709–695–8. | :
Exhibition Review
Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 31st March–10th September
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 654-657
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
Subjects
artists:
Morisot, Berthe
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
French art / Impressionism / British art / Nineteenth-century art / Eighteenth-century art
Reviewed Items
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Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 31st March–10th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight, by Berthe Morisot. 1875. Oil on canvas, 38 by 46 cm. (Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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21. Winter, by Berthe Morisot. 1880. Oil on canvas, 74.9 by 61.6 cm. (Dallas Museum of Art; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
22. Mrs Mary Robinson, by George Romney. 1780–81. Oil on canvas, 75.7 by 63.2 cm. (Wallace Collection, London; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 468-471
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Reviewer:
Becker, Jane (Becker, Jane)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Nittis, Giuseppe de
museums and institutions:
Phillips Collection, Washington, United States
subjects:
Italian art / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis By Renato Miracco, with essays by Marina Ferretti Bocquillon and Robert Jensen. 250 pp. incl. 135 colour ills. (Phillips Collection, Washington, 2022). ISBN 979–8–9862725–1–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. The train passes, by Giuseppe De Nittis. 1869. Oil on canvas, 76.5 by 130.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Giuseppe De Nittis, Barletta).
Attributed works:
17. From the top of the coach, by Giuseppe De Nittis. c.1872–75. Oil on panel, 26.5 by 36.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
18. The Place des Pyramides, by Giuseppe De Nittis. 1875. Oil on canvas, 92.3 by 75 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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