Häufig wird unterschätzt, wie provokant die Werke der Impressionisten bei der ersten Ausstellung 1874 waren. Die Verfechter des neuen Stils lehnten die etablierten Kunstformen jener Zeit ab. Die Impressionisten wagten es, mit lebendigen...

It is often forgotten just how provocative Impressionist canvases seemed when they were first exhibited in 1874. The advocates of the new style rejected the established principles of art prevalent at that time in France. This book traces...

“I perhaps owe it to flowers,” wrote Claude Monet (1840–1926), “that I became a painter.” His fascination with trees, while perhaps of equal intensity, is less well-documented. One of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement and...