National Gallery Company Limited, 2006. Clean large format softcover book - size approx. 9-1/2" x 11". No creasing or fading. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright - no names, writing or marks. Beautiful full color renditions of paintings done by American artists in Paris during the years 1860-1900 when Paris was the center of the art world and a magnet for American art tudents and artists. Includes iconic images by Sargent, Whistler, Mary Cassatt and Winslow Homer, together with the work of a number of painters whose names are less familiar. The authors explore why artists were drawn to Paris, how they responded to what they found there, and what they retained of their experience. Briefer essays by David Park Curry, Rodolphe Rapetti and Christop[her Riopelle focus on the International Expositions in Paris, oon the French response to the American visitors, and on the role played by American artists in the formation of US collections of modern French painting. 288 pages with index. Title: Americans in Paris 1860-1900 Author Name: Adler, Kathleen; Erica E. Hirshler, H. Barbara Weinberg ISBN Number: 1857093062 ISBN-13: 9781857093063 Illustrator: Profusely Illustrated Location Published: National Gallery Company Limited: 2006 Binding: Paperback Book Condition: Near Fine Type: Book Categories: Art, History, France Seller ID: 029318 Keywords: 1860-1900, american artists in paris, fine, france, french art history, kathleen adler
