Impressionism: The Movement, The Masters, The Precursors book

Impressionism: The Movement, The Masters, The Precursors and the Followers - Pierre Courthion - 1977 - 205pp (including 314 illustrations and 62 tipped-in plates) hardcover art coffee table book - in excellent condition - no missing pages, writing or dogears - dustcover has no rips or tears. Provides a comprehensive historical and visual overview of the 19th-century Impressionist movement in Western art. The Precursors: It looks at earlier masters like Turner, Delacroix, and Corot, who experimented with light, atmosphere, and loose brushwork long before the movement officially began. The Masters: It details the height of the movement through foundational figures like Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Pissarro, who broke away from traditional studio painting to capture everyday life outdoors (en plein air). The Followers: It explores the legacy and spin-off movements, tracing how Impressionism directly evolved into Post-Impressionism and Pointillism via artists like Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin, and Seurat. The text rounds out this artistic history by weaving together biographical profiles, critical commentary, and primary source quotes from the artists and contemporary witnesses of the era.