Painting Methods: Impressionist [Hardcover]

Bernard Dunstan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1983

A survey of the painting materials, tools and techniques of 16 painters, including Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Degas. The author analyzes details such as brushwork, glazing, stippling and impasto, and quotes from the writings of the masters, to reconstruct their characteristic techniques.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill; 2nd edition (September 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823037118
• ISBN-13: 978-0823037117
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,343,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice book with good information and images., June 8, 2006

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Wyota - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting Methods: Impressionist (Hardcover)

This book is divided into 5 parts listed below. The reprint of the revised edition I have (ISBN 0823037126 , 1992) states that it is the revised edition in color. Additionally, the jacket states that the original text is now supplemented by 135 full color reproductions and 40 color details. So avoid the original if you want the color plates.

For each artist, the author discusses known materials, methods, palettes and more. Likewise when it comes to many of the images and details there are specific references to colors and application - though not enough to justify buying the book on that alone.

In all, it's a nice book with good information and images. Unfortunately I can't compare it to other books because I have none on the impressionists, but hopefully the other information I have provided will help you.

Part 1: Masters of the Earlier Nineteenth Century - Covers John Constable (8 pgs), J.M.W. Turner (10 pgs) , Edouard Manet (1 pg), and Gustave Courbet (10 pgs).

Part 2: The Impressionist Masters - Covers Claude Monet (10 pgs), Pierre Auguste Renoir (12 pgs), Camille Pissaro (8 pgs), and Edgar Degas (14 pgs)

Part 3: After Impressionism - Covers Paul Cezanne (10 pgs) and Georges Seurat (10 pgs)

Part 4: Three Americans in Europe - Covers Mary Cassatt (8 pgs), John singer Sargent (8 pgs) and James McNeill Whistler (10 pgs)

Part 5: Three Heirs of Impressionism - Covers Edouard Vuillard (8 pgs), Pierre Bonnard (6 pgs) and Walter Richard Sickert (6 pgs).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just Impressionism......, December 5, 2007

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Peter D. Shnaw "artmechanic" (in the studio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting Methods of the Impressionists (Hardcover)

This is by far the most knowledgably written book on the subject of painting as an art, not as an academic excercise, written in English. The subject is so much more extensive than Impressionism that the title is in fact somewhat misleading.

5.0 out of 5 stars By an artist for artists, August 1, 2011

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Amadeus 888 (Athens) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting Methods of the Impressionists (Hardcover)

This is a very good book written by an artist for artists. It is packed with hard to find information on the painting methods and techniques of 16 different painters (Constable, Turner, Manet, Courbet, Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, Degas, Cezanne etc.) I hope it becomes available again some time.

My only question after reading this book: what is the title of the book by English painter Charles Sims that Bernard Dunstan keeps quoting from?

Highly recommended.