Title: Winter was never so fun
Product review: What a great book this is. Usually when we think of Impressionists we think of summer, but as this book shows, they painted in winter, and great paintings too.The book begins with scholarly, well-written essays on Monet and Japanese influence on him, Pissarro, and Sisley, then comes the catalog with paintings by all of them as well as a few by Renoir and my favorite lesser-known impressionist, Gustave Caillebotte, as well as Gauguin. An especially nifty feature is a chronology of winter weather and pictures of it in the newspapers of the time. This makes the book part of climate history as well as art history.The quality of the reproductions is excellent and the concept is really interesting. If you like the Impressionists, take a walk on the winter side.
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