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Format:

Book

Author:

House, John, 1945-2012.

Title:

Impressionists by the sea / John House ; with an essay by David Hopkin.

Publisher, Date:

London : Royal Academy of Arts, c2007.

Description:

155 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 x 28 cm.

Summary:

Through some 60 works, John House and David Hopkin consider the pictorial representation of the seaside during the 19th century, when the coastline of northern France was transformed from a centre of fishing into the province of the holidaymaker.

Subjects:

Impressionism (Art) -- Exhibitions.

Seaside resorts in art -- Exhibitions.

Seaside resorts -- France -- Pictorial works.

Coasts in art -- Exhibitions.

Other Author:

Hopkin, David M., 1966-

Notes:

Originally published: London ; Royal Academy of Arts, 2007.

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 7 July-30 Sept. 2007, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 20 Oct. 2007-13 Jan. 2008, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn., 9 Feb.-11 May 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Representing the beach: the view from Paris -- Fishermen, tourists and artists in the nineteenth century: the view from the beach -- Catalogue plates and section introductions -- The public face of the coast -- Before impressionism -- Early impressionism -- Beach scenes at the Salon after 1870 -- Impressionism in the 1880s -- Catalogue entries -- The public face of the coast -- Before impressionism -- Early impressionism -- Beach scenes at the Salon after 1870 -- Impressionism in the 1880s.

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LCCN:

2008378709

ISBN:

9781903973882

1903973880

1903973899

9781903973899

Other Number:

124982998

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

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1

Control Number:

394216

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1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

759.409 House