Impressionists By the Sea

by House, John; Hopkins, David

• ISBN13: 9781903973882
• ISBN10: 1903973880
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts

Summary

Impressionists by the Seaaccompanies a joyous summer exhibition of the same name at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Through some sixty popular Impressionist works, coauthor John House considers the pictorial representation of the seaside during the 19th century, when the coastline of northern France was transformed from a fishing center into a popular vacation spot. This handsomely produced book reveals how painting developed in tandem with social and economic changes. House shows how painters initially cast the coastline in a romantic role, focusing on the evocation of the sublime force of nature and the picturesque display of local fishermen, but by the early 1860s—at the moment the resorts of Deauville and Trouville were coming into vogue—painters such as Boudin, Manet, and Monet were capturing vacationers in all their relaxed glory. EXHIBITION SCHEDULE: Royal Academy of Arts, London, July 7–September 30, 2007 Phillips Collection, Washington DC, October 20–July 13, 2008 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, February 9–May 11, 2008

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Sponsor's Preface	p. 7
Acknowledgements	p. 8
Map	p. 9
Preface	p. 13
Representing the Beach: The View from Paris	p. 15
Fishermen, Tourists and Artists in the Nineteenth Century: The View from the Beach	p. 31
Catalogue plates and section introductions
The Public Face of the Coast	p. 41
Before Impressionism	p. 49
Early Impressionism	p. 75
Beach Scenes at the Salon after 1870	p. 89
Impressionism in the 1880s	p. 99
Catalogue entries
The Public Face of the Coast	p. 122
Before Impressionism	p. 124
Early Impressionism	p. 130
Beach Scenes at the Salon after 1870	p. 133
Impressionism in the 1880s	p. 136
Chronology	p. 146
Bibliography	p. 147
Lenders to the Exhibition	p. 150
Photographic Acknowledgements	p. 151
Index	p. 152
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