Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris 1870-1910 [Hardcover]

Anna Gruetzner Robins (Author), Richard Thomson (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1, 2006

In the late 19th century, the exploding populations and hectic speed of life in London and Paris fascinated artists on both sides of the English Channel. French artists Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec pioneered new ways of representing the city, profoundly influencing British artists as they did so. Walter Sickert fully embraced their Bohemian vision, creating brooding portrayals of the seamier side of urban life. Works by these and other key artists, including Vuillard, Bonnard, Tissot, and Whistler, include society portraiture and posters as well as scenes in bars, music halls, and theaters-evocative images of the decadence and spectacle of the fin-de-siècle metropolis.

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Anna Gruetzner Robins is Reader in History of art at the University of Reading.

Richard Thomson is Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh.

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• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Tate; First Edition edition (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1854376349
• ISBN-13: 978-1854376343
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris 1870-1910 (Hardcover)

This remarkable catalogue is a summary of two schools (London and Paris) from 1870 to 1910, allowing a side by side comparison of the work of Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec and what was one of europe's astonishing high water marks of artistic creativity. Once you have been bitten by the bug, these paintings are with you for good. Seeing this work firsthand, one can't help be seduced by the ravishing, luminous beauty light and layers of glazing that makes these paintings unique. The stillness in some of these works suggest the real subject here is light and color. The reproductions in the catalogue are quite good, and there are a very generous amount of close detail shots of the paintings too - something particularly useful in illustrating the intricacy of detail.