Product Description: The research in landscape painting during the last twenty years has rediscovered some exceptional nineteenth century artists, one of them being André Giroux (1801-1879). Winner of the Prix de Rome en Paysage Historique, Giroux painted "en plein air" without becoming an avant-garde painter...read more

Product Description: This lavishly illustrated book provides a wonderful panorama of 4000 years of painting history all selected and reproduced in its pages by one of the most celebrated art photographers of our time. The book includes introductory texts and descriptive captions of the paintings chosen fo rinclusion...read more

A study of Corot explores a collection of quiet, luminous canvases with miracles of flickering light and subtle color and the life of the French painter who painted them and changed the direction of landscape painting. Original.

A reference work on Corot, the most important nineteenth century French landscape artist. Included are essays on Corot's life and artistic development, providing extensive information about his paintings, their collectors and forgeries.