Clive Bell

THE IMPRESSIONISTS THE name is too precious to be sacrificed; but 'impressionist', one must admit, is an imprecise description of the group of painters who in 1874 held an exhibition and by a penny-a-liner were dubbed 'Impressionnistes'. They were a mixed lot: somé of them were already known as...

INTRODUCTION Oddly enough, there is no easily accessible and up-to-date book on Art in this country for the general reader. There are historical accounts of art movements, studies of particular painters and sculptors, and various memoirs and studies by leading artists and art critics. These are...

THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS The name is too precious to be sacrificed; but 'impressionist', one must admit, is an imprecise description of the group of painters who in 1874 held an exhibition and by a penny-a-liner were dubbed 'Impressionnistes'. They were a mixed lot: some ofthem were already...