Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Subtitle: The Annenberg Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: May 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780300124026
Subjects: Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; Impressionism; Post-Impressionism; Art; Art & Art Instruction; History - General; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General
Description: The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, watercolors, and drawings constitutes one of the most remarkable groupings of avant-garde works of art from the mid-19th to the early 20th century ever given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A revised and expanded edition of the 1989 publication Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection, this volume presents more than fifty masterworks by such luminaries as Manet, Degas, Morisot, Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse, accompanied by elucidating texts and a wealth of comparative illustrations. -- From publisher.