Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay

One of the great innovations of the Impressionists was their radical use of colour: their application of strokes of complementary or contrasting hues captured the shifting effects of light and foregrounded the nature of vision. Using colour as the lens through which to magnify the movement’s intricacies, this catalogue sweeps us from Manet’s rich blacks, through green and blue landscapes of Monet and Cézanne, to the sensuous pinks of Renoir. Along this journey, scientific discoveries and emerging definitions of modernity are explored, illuminating the profound innovations of the Impressionists and the shifting preconceptions of their art.

Publisher: National Gallery Singapore
Author Biography: Paul Perrin is Curator of Painting at the Musee d'Orsay. He has curated such exhibitions as Cinema at Last! Arts, Images and Entertainment in France (1833-1907) and James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Masterpieces from the Frick Collection, New York.
Language: English
Country of Origin: Singapore
Page count: 203
Binding: Paperback
Search words: Impressionism, oil painting, colour, Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir