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Painting the Impressionist Landscape : Lessons in Interpreting Light and Color by Lois Griffel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Impressionismits techniques as well as its practitioners, past and presentcontinues to excite the passion of artists and art enthusiasts alike. From the plein-air landscapes first painted near the forests of Barbizon outside Paris, through the fields of Giverny that Monet immortalized, to the art of American expatriates such as John Singer Sargent and the European-trained American nativists like William Merritt Chase, the influence of impressionism on American art has had a long and distinguished history. Through artistic principles developed by Charles Hawthorne, an influential American impressionist and educator who studied with Chase and founded The Cape Cod School of Art, the rich legacy of the impressionist tradition was passed on to several generations of twentieth-century American artists. In Painting the Impressionist Landscape , Lois Griffel, the current director of The Cape Cod School of Art and an accomplished artist in her own right, explores and illustrates Hawthornes philosophy and theories about color and light, enabling artists at every level of ability and experience to apply his insights to their own work. The first part of the book, Fundamentals of Color and Ligh
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lois Griffel
- Publisher
- Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780823036431
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Art, History, Technology
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (43 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14