Prescott Library: L'histoire de l'art: French 3 (Nickerson): L'art

Books on French artists are primarily found at 759.4 and a few examples are listed here. Check the catalog and the shelves for more titles.

Henri Cartier-Bresson and the artless art by Jean-Pierre Montier ; [translated by Ruth Taylor]. Photographs and text illustrate the works and life of the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. Includes some of the photographer's paintings and sketches and commentary on his work.
Call Number: 779.092 Cartier
Courbet by James H. Rubin. Chronicles the life of French painter Gustave Courbet and discusses how his work reflects his ideas about the world around him.
Call Number: 759.4 Cou
Edgar Degas, life and work by Denys Sutton. Contains reproductions of the artist's work, extracts from his correspondence, and a study of the artist's personality and work.
Call Number: 759.4 Deg
Gauguin by Michael Howard. A study of the life and work of French artist Paul Gauguin.
Call Number: 759.4 Gau H
Edouard Manet by Pierre Courthion. Contains forty color plates, supplemented by black-and-white reproductions with text and commentary on Manet's life and his works.
Call Number: 759.4 Man C
Matisse : a portrait by Hayden Herrera. Biography of the French painter discussing his life and artistic work.
Call Number: 759.4 Matisse
The world of Henri Rousseau by Yann Le Pichon ; translated by Joachim Neugroschel.
Call Number: 759.4 Rou
Seurat : a biography by John Rewald. Examines the life of artist Georges Seurat and follows the development of his ideas to their completion; includes reproductions of paintings and original sketches.
Call Number: 759.4 Seu R
Toulouse-Lautrec : the complete posters by Russell Ash. Presents the posters and other works of the French painter in chronological sequence.
Call Number: 759.4 Tou

Try these Resources

Art Access: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art

Art in the modern era : styles, schools, movements by Amy Dempsey.
Call Number: 709.04 Dem

Artisits at the MOMA

Encyclopedia of Artists by William Vaughn (Editor)
Call Number: REF 709.2 Enc

ISBN: 0195215729

Publication Date: 2001-01-04
European art since 1850 by Nancy Malloy.
Call Number: 709.4 Mal

Great artists of the western world: social commentators
Call Number: 759.972 Soc

Grove Art Online
A comprehensive encyclopedia of art, artists and art terms including resources from the Grove Dictionary of Art. An excellent source.

Great books in our library

The dancer : Degas, Forain, Toulouse-Lautrec by Annette Dixon ; with Mary Weaver Chapin [et al.]. A catalog of artwork from an exhibition at the Portland Art Museum which displays works in which dancers are the subject by Edgar Degas and his students Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Jean-Louis Forain.
Call Number: 704.949 Dix

Publication Date: 2008
Impressionists side by side : their relationships, rivalries, and artistic exchanges by Barbara Ehrlich White. Examines the personal and professional relationships between seven pairs of Impressionist artists such as Degas, Renoir, and Monet.
Call Number: 759.409 Whi

Publication Date: 1996