Visitors to the much-beloved National Gallery usually make a beeline for the rooms holding the museum's dazzling works by the greatest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists, including Mary Cassatt, Paul Cèzanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, and many others. This lovely little compendium includes all of the traditional favorites, plus many less-familiar paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings photographed especially for this volume.
The book's concise introduction provides a useful overview of the Impressionist movement; brief texts opening each of the four chapters illuminate the works that follow. This is an irresistible walking tour and memento for all those who charisma this national treasure and the masterpieces of its collection.