Lives of Famous French Painters: From Ingres to Picasso
Lives of Famous French Painters: From Ingres to Picasso
Pocket Books | 1952 | ISBN: N/A | English | 212 pages | PDF | 35.6 MB
The book is about those men who helped make French art history during the period of the last century and a half. . . . This is not intended as an approach to the appreciation of modern art, but rather as an introduction to the men themselves. . . . They differ in temperament, in philosophy, in ability, and are unified only by a common urge to express themselves with paint and brush during a period which was productive in French art of rebellion, evolution and bold experimentation. What was achieved by this group had its repercussions in almost every corner of the civilized world.