Other editions of book French Painting of the 19th Century in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

The story of French painters during the nineteenth century is an exciting one, colored by personal rivalries and revolutions in taste. In the face of an indifferent or jeering public, artists often had to make great sacrifices to achieve the sincere expression of their ideals. Firmly established academic painters bitterly opposed all young artists who tried to create new styles, and the inertia of popular taste lent such authority to the Academy that artists could only be original at their own peril.

(c) 1959 Staple-bound booklet edition of French Painting 19th Century by Grose Evans from The National Gallery of Art Washington DC/ Smithsonian Institution. Booklet Number Two. 43 Pages. Includes paintings and descriptions by artist: Paul Cezanne, Honore Daumier, Edgar Degas; Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, and others. Paintings in color.