THE IMPRESSIONISTS AND THEIR WORLD - BASIL TAYLOR (1954)

1954 LARGE  OLD HARD COVER BOOK WITH WORN DUST JACKET. BEAUTIFUL PLATES OF WELL KNOWN ARTISTS LIKE EDOARD MANET, CLAUDE MONET, CAMILLE PISSARRO, PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, PAUL CEZANNE, VINCENT VAN GOGH, HENRI ROUSSEAU AND MORE !

BOARDS SHOWS SOME HANDLING MARKS.

BINDING TIGHT. 

OVERALL GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BASIL TAYLOR, LIBRARIAN ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART , LONDON.

PLATES BY MANET, MONET, PISSARO, SISLEY, RENOIR, VAN GOGH AND MORE...

FIRST AMONG THE PRINCIPLES WHICH MOST OF THESE ARTISTS WOULD HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT WAS THE INSTINCT TO BE MODERN, TO BE OF THEIR TIME, TO LIVE AND WORK IN ACCORD WITH THE REALITIES AND PRESSURES OF THE 19TH CENTURY...