Impressionists by the Sea - Hardcover

House, John; Hopkins, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903973880 ISBN 13: 9781903973882

Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts, 2007

Synopsis

Impressionists by the Sea accompanies a joyous summer exhibition of the same name at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Through some sixty popular Impressionist works, coauthor John House considers the pictorial representation of the seaside during the 19th century, when the coastline of northern France was transformed from a fishing center into a popular vacation spot.

This handsomely produced book reveals how painting developed in tandem with social and economic changes. House shows how painters initially cast the coastline in a romantic role, focusing on the evocation of the sublime force of nature and the picturesque display of local fishermen, but by the early 1860s—at the moment the resorts of Deauville and Trouville were coming into vogue—painters such as Boudin, Manet, and Monet were capturing vacationers in all their relaxed glory.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE:

Royal Academy of Arts, London, July 7–September 30, 2007
Phillips Collection, Washington DC, October 20–July 13, 2008
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, February 9–May 11, 2008

About this title

About the Author:

John House is Professor of History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. He is the author of numerous books including, Impressionism Reviewed (Yale University Press).

About this edition

• Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1903973880
• ISBN 13: 9781903973882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144