Impressionist Quartet: The Intimate Genius of Manet and Morisot, Degas and Cassatt

By Jeffrey Meyers

Book Overview

Impressionist Quartet draws us into the inner lives of a core group of mid-nineteenth-century artists-Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Berthe Morisot-known, collectively, as the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151010765
• ISBN13: 9780151010769
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Intimate Quartet

For you artist biography lovers: Here's a delicious treat ! Four fascinating painters described with exceptional insight & humour A cumbersome, intellectual analysis ; This is NOT A flavorful sketching of complex personalities & their creative process ; This Is. Also this gifted author provides a history lesson , that of the I9th century / Entertaining & not "castor oil" Reading this small but juicy bio Helped me appreciate these painters much more/ what better compliment is that ? & for the used price / You can't lose !! Get this and fall in love with painting again..

spurring each other to greatness

Who hasn't been hypnotized by this Impressionist Quartet's paintings? This book will open the doors to their intertwining lives and to their art. It describes the individual character of each artist and their personal triumphs and failures. Jeffrey Meyers has again done an interesting and fulfilling biography of these four artists.

Impressionist Delight-ful Reading

If you love their art and you would like to learn about their personal friendships, this is the book to have. Highly recommend it.