Series: National Gallery | Publication Date: August 25, 2009
By the late 18th century, the practice of painting outdoors (en plein air) was widespread, especially in Italy, where picturesque views of Tivoli and the Campagna were irresistible to French and British artists. Fifty years later in France, the Barbizon group––including Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Théodore Rousseau, and Charles-Francois Daubigny––eagerly escaped the studio to paint landscapes, rivers, and beach scenes of their native land. These painters were a crucial influence on a new generation of artists who would eventually become known as the Impressionists.
In this delightful and accessible exploration of the National Gallery’s collection of 18th- and 19th-century landscape paintings, Sarah Herring introduces and explains the enduring appeal of these charming small works of art, both to their original collectors and to the present-day viewer.
Sarah Herring is Isaiah Berlin Assistant Curator of Post-1800 Painting at the National Gallery, London. She is co-author of Manet to Picasso and Art in the Making: Degas. Antonio Mazzotta is curatorial assistant at the National Gallery.
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Paperback: 72 pages
Publisher: National Gallery London; 1st Ed. edition (August 25, 2009)
This review is from: Corot to Monet: French Landscape Painting (National Gallery) (Paperback)
This book is really well put together. It's interesting to see how french landscape evolves. For the artist, this book has a lot of great high quality images especially of Corot's work which is hard to come by these days. If you're a plein air painter i would say this is a must have especially for the price.
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