August 12, 2007
Renoir Landscapes
About the Author
Colin B. Bailey is chief curator at The Frick Collection, New York.
- Hardcover: 296 pages
- Publisher: National Gallery London (April 20, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1857093224
- ISBN-13: 978-1857093223
- Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.9 x 1.1 inches
| Review by | Claude Reich (Florianopolis, Brazil, and Paris France) - See all my reviews |
This book accompanies an exhibition held at the National Gallery in London on a rarely studied aspect of Renoir's oeuvre. The period is limited between 1865 and 1883, which are the years when Renoir actually was an impressionist, competing with the likes of Monet and Pissaro to produce some of the most modern paintings of his time. Surprisingly enough it enables the reader to rediscover the artist through some of his best, though neglected, works. Some of the landscapes here are so loosely painted that they verge on abstraction (these landscapes sometimes remind me of Turner in this sense) and they show what a revolutionary painter Renoir was. Much more than any book on Renoir's often boring domestic scenes or nudes, this catalogue is definitely a must-have if you missed the exhibition.
