Christopher Riopelle Bücher

Venedig entwickelte sich im 19. Jahrhundert zu einem magischen 'Laboratorium der Wahrnehmung', geprägt von einem einzigartigen Zusammenspiel von Licht, Wasser und Atmosphäre. Claude Monet, der sich 1908 in der Lagunenstadt aufhielt, ließ sich zu seinem berühmten Venedig-Zyklus inspirieren. Diese venezianischen Gemälde markieren einen Wendepunkt in Monets Werk und verdeutlichen, dass Venedig einen bedeutenden, bisher wenig gewürdigten Beitrag zur Emanzipation der Malerei an der Schwelle zur Moderne geleistet hat. Der reich illustrierte Band widmet sich umfassend dem Bild der Lagunenstadt in der europäischen und amerikanischen Malerei des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Im Mittelpunkt steht Monets Venedig-Zyklus, ergänzt durch Meisterwerke von Künstlern wie Canaletto, J. M. William Turner und Paul Signac. Die vorgestellten Künstler umfassen unter anderem Francesco Guardi, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn, Edouard Manet und Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Eine begleitende Ausstellung fand in der Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, vom 28.9.2008 bis 25.1.2009 statt. Erhältlich ist auch die Reihe Kunst zum Lesen, die Briefe von Alice und Claude Monet aus Venedig umfasst.

An exploration of the fascinating parallels and differences between Picasso's Woman with a Book and Ingres's Madame Moitessier

This beautiful book provides a brief introduction to Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and early modern paintings made between 1860 and 1905––a highly innovative and exciting time in the history of art––through 38 masterpieces from the remarkable collections of the National Gallery, London. Among the featured highlights are Manet’s Corner of a Café-Concert , Monet’s Water-Lily Pond , Gallen-Kallela’s Lake Keitele , Cézanne’s Bathers ( Les Grandes Baigneuses ), Adolph Menzel’s Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens , and Picasso’s Child with a Dove . Manet to Picasso includes an essay by Christopher Riopelle on the formation of the collection along with concise discussions of each of the featured works––arranged chronologically by artist––offering a look at the genesis and development of modern art.Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press

A fascinating debut about a gifted artist with cerebral palsy and his young carer, Janet, who is struggling to find her way in the world.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) was one of the most audacious and original landscape artists of his age. Throughout his career, he continually experimented with composition, light, paint handling, and pictorial structure in innovative new ways that challenged traditional––and contemporary––painting. He taught himself by working side-by-side with fellow Impressionist masters Monet and Sisley, and in the 1870s began to define his distinctive landscape style of quick, silvery brushstrokes. By the end of the decade he had moved decisively in the direction of unparalleled painterly freedom.This stunning book is the first to examine Renoir’s landscape art in depth, tracing its evolution from the beginning of his career through his Impressionist period and the early 1880s, when he began to incorporate new landscape motifs and new levels of coloristic intensity in paintings after traveling to Algeria and Italy. With over 200 illustrations, a detailed chronology, and bibliography, the book includes essays by highly distinguished scholars that discuss the range and importance of these works and present many fresh discoveries. They also place Renoir’s landscapes in the overall context of the genre in 19th-century France, revealing how his experiments were radical and––in ways that have not yet been fully acknowledged––influential on the later development of modern art.

An accessible introduction to American painter Winslow Homer, examining his work through the lens of conflict

Two icons of Polish culture and history, an artist and an astronomer

A visual history of fashion that fits in the palm of your hand.

The first in-depth investigation of Gauguin's portraits, revealing how the artist expanded the possibilities of the genre in new and exciting ways Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in his portraits, a genre he remained engaged with throughout all phases of his career. Bringing together more than 60 of Gauguin's portraits in a wide variety of media that includes painting, works on paper, and sculpture, this handsomely illustrated volume is the first focused investigation of the multifaceted ways the artist approached the subject. Essays by a group of international experts consider how the artist's conception of portraiture evolved as he moved between Brittany and Polynesia. They also examine how Gauguin infused his work with symbolic meaning by taking on different roles like the Christ figure and the savage in his self-portraits and by placing his models in suggestive settings with alluring attributes. This welcome addition to the scholarship on one of the 19th century's most innovative and controversial artists reveals fascinating insights into the crucial role that portraiture played in Gauguin's overall artistic practice.