Essential Impressionists

Cunningham looks in detail at all aspects of the work of the Impressionist movement, with detailed commentary on 120 of their works and additional imagery to highlight comparisons and contrasts in their style. Some of these works are considered their most important pieces; others may be less well-known but they all play an important role in the artistic and philosophical development of this diverse group of artists.

Eugène Boudin: The beach at Trouville -- Edouard Manet: The Spanish ballet -- The lunch on the grass -- Olympia -- Portrait of Émile Zola -- Lunch in the studio -- The balcony -- The port of Boulogne in moonlight -- Argenteuil -- The barge -- Inside the café -- Rue Mosnier with flags -- Blond woman with bare breasts -- Bar at the Folies-Bergère -- Woman in a black hat, (Portrait of a Viennese, Irma Brunner) -- Rose and tulip -- Frédéric Bazille: Family reunion -- Brazille's studio -- Claude Monet: Women in the garden -- Impression: sunrise -- Poppy field at Argenteuil -- The bridge at Argenteuil -- Turkeys -- The road to Vétheuil -- View of the River Creuse on a cloudy day -- The three poplars, autumn -- Rouen Cathedral, the portal, morning sun, blue harmony -- White water lilies -- Water lilies -- Giverny: spring -- The Japanese Bridge -- London, Parliament -- Santa Maria della salute and the Grand Canal, Venice -- Water lilies -- Alfred Sisley: View of the St. Martin Canal, Paris -- Misty morning -- Snow at Louveciennes -- Winter morning -- The bridge at Moret-sur-Loing -- Spring in Moret-sur-Loing -- Camille Pissarro: Landscape with plowman -- Louveciennes -- Hoar frost -- Vill…