Impressionism: sensation & inspiration
Subtitle: highlights from the Hermitage
By: edited by Albert  Kostenevich
Contributors: Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia); Hermitage Amsterdam
Publisher: Museumshop Hermitage Amsterdam
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9789078653325
Subjects: Impressionism (Art); Exhibitions; History; Art; French Painting; Art collections; Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
Other titles: Impressionism: sensation and inspiration
Description: The Hermitage Amsterdam presents 'Impressionism: Sensation & Inspiration': the world-famous Impressionist paintings from the vast collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, in their artistic context. Masterpieces by pioneers like Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Camille Pissarro will be accompanied by the work of other influential French painters from the second half of the nineteenth century, such as Eugène Delacroix and Jean-Léon Gérôme. The exhibition will focus on contrasts between artistic movements. For instance, visitors will see and experience the sensational quality of Impressionism, the movement that heralded a new age. All the paintings, drawings, and sculptures will come from the collection of the St. Petersburg Hermitage. Seldom has such a rich survey of this period been on display in the Netherlands.
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition organised by the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and the Hermitage Amsterdam, held at the Hermitage Amsterdam, 16 June 2012 - 13 Jan. 2013.

Includes bibliographical references.