The Impressionists : a Retrospective / Edited by Martha Kapos

Tells the story of the personal struggles, debates, problems and solutions involved in a new way of painting that quickly led in unforeseen directions and took enormous risks with the traditional means of representing the world in art. These experiences are revealed in the letters and recorded comments of the artists themselves, and in the writings of friends and contemporary critics. The text is illustrated with colour plates and black and white reproductions of photographs, documents and contemporary cartoons, prints and drawings.