Synopses & Reviews
This beautiful volume features a compendium of the Metropolitan Museumand#8217;s finest European paintings dating from 1800 to 1920. The focus is on French art of this periodand#151;of which the Museum possesses the most comprehensive collection outside of Franceand#151;but extraordinary pictures by artists of other nationalities are also included. Thanks to a succession of generous and discerning donorsand#151;
from the H. O. Havemeyers to the Walter H. Annenbergsand#151;this publication presents a history of painting in Paris from Prudand#8217;hon to Picasso, by way of Delacroix, Corot, Courbet, Manet, Monet, Degas, Cand#233;zanne, Seurat, and many others.
About the Author
Gary Tinterow is Engelhard Curator in Charge, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.