The Hermitage, Leningrad: French 19th century masters

This exciting new volume on the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, contains ninety full-colour reproductions from one of the most outstanding collections of modern art in the world. In this volume alone are reproduced eight paintings by Monet, six by Renoir, four by Degas, eleven by Cezanne, four by Van Gogh, and fifteen by Gauguin, not forgetting important works by Ingres, Delacroix, Theodore Rousseau, Pissarro, Sisley, Henri Rousseau and others. No one who claims to be interested in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism can afford to miss it. As well as giving immense pleasure, it may be justly claimed that this beautiful volume makes a unique and important contribution to the study of modern European art. Many of the pictures are little known in the West, and their appearance here must provide valuable material for both historians and connoisseurs of modern art. The book contains comprehensive notes on each plate, and a fascinating introduction to the collection by the well-known Russian art historian, A.N.IzerginaИздательство: Артия, Советский художник