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American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885–1915 by H. Barbara Weinberg, Doreen Bolger, and David Park Curry, with the assistance of N. Mishoe Brennecke.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Harry N. Abrams in 1994. First edition, first printing. Large hardcover with its original pictorial dust jacket.
This important exhibition catalog examines how two generations of American Impressionist and Realist painters responded to modern American life between 1885 and 1915. Although the two movements have often been treated as opposing traditions, the authors demonstrate their shared Parisian training, interest in contemporary French painting, and desire to create a distinctly American artistic language.
Featured artists include William Merritt Chase, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, John Singer Sargent, J. Alden Weir, John Henry Twachtman, Thomas Eakins, Robert Henri, Maurice Prendergast, William Glackens, John Sloan, and George Bellows.
The book explores city life, leisure, seaside resorts, country retreats, portraiture, entertainment, immigration, sports, and the changing social landscape of the United States. It contains 357 illustrations, including 138 in full color, along with artist biographies, scholarly notes, a selected bibliography, and an index.
An excellent reference for collectors, artists, students, and readers interested in American Impressionism, American Realism, the Ashcan School, and late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American painting.
