Masters of Light: Selections of American Impressionism from the Manoogian Collection

by Lucinda H. Gedeon and Kevin Sharp

Book Overview

Americans were introduced to Impressionism by the French in the 1880s. They explored its expressive potential and debated its merits in the 1890s, and by the turn of the 20th century, American painters had seized the style for their own. Included here are thirty superb examples of American Impressionist painting by the seminal artists who redefined the movement for American audiences, including Frank W. Benson, Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097763681X
• ISBN13: 9780977636815
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.5" x 11.8"