The Great Masters of Impressionism

A haystack, a locomotive, a steamboat, and a portrait literally splashed with sunny spots – this is the exhibition that caused a scandal in Paris in 1874. What kind of works were these? And who are these mysterious Impressionists? The answer to these questions, as well as an account of how the emergence of Impressionism was influenced not only by the artists' desire to change the subjects of their paintings and their painting techniques, but also by the development of transport and new paints. Biographies of the artists, the biography of the Impressionist movement itself, and all five exhibitions that they organized, and how this movement spread across the world, leaving the shores of France. Beautiful illustrations, magnificent texts – The Great Masters of Impressionism. A book by Gérard Denizo.