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American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915

American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885–1915

Weinberg, H. Barbara, Doreen Bolger, and David Park Curry

1994

384 pages

357 illustrations

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Directors' Foreword
Philippe de Montebello and Jan Keene Muhlert

Sponsor's Statement
Michael S. Egan, Alamo Rent A Car

Acknowledgments
H. Barbara Weinberg, Doreen Bolger, and David Park Curry

Catalogue
H. Barbara Weinberg, Doreen Bolger, and David Park Curry

Introduction

Passionate Spectators
The Studio

The Country

Modern Painters in Landscape
The Country Retreat and the Suburban Resort

The City

The Urban Scene
Urban Leisure

The Home

Notes
The Painters: Biographies
Selected Bibliography
Works in the Exhibition
Lenders to the Exhibition
Index
Photograph Credits

Met Art in Publication

The Way They Live, Thomas Anshutz American, Oil on canvas, American — The Way They Live
1879

The Flatiron, Edward J. Steichen American, born Luxembourg, Gum bichromate over platinum print — The Flatiron
1904, printed 1905

Winter - Fifth Avenue, Alfred Stieglitz American, Photogravure — Winter - Fifth Avenue
1893, printed 1905

Boating, Edouard Manet French, Oil on canvas — Boating
1874

The Factory Village, Julian Alden Weir American, Oil on canvas, American — The Factory Village
1897

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins American, Oil on canvas, American — The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)
1871

Northeaster, Winslow Homer American, Oil on canvas, American — Northeaster
1895; reworked by 1901

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, William Merritt Chase American, Oil on canvas, American — James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1885

In the Studio, Alfred Stevens Belgian, Oil on canvas — In the Studio
1888

A Bird's-Eye View, Theodore Robinson American, Oil on canvas, American — A Bird's-Eye View
1889

The Red Bridge, Julian Alden Weir American, Oil on canvas, American — The Red Bridge
1895

At the Seaside, William Merritt Chase American, Oil on canvas, American — At the Seaside
ca. 1892

Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide), Winslow Homer American, Oil on canvas, American — Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide)
1870

For the Little One, William Merritt Chase American, Oil on canvas, American — For the Little One
ca. 1896

The Church at Gloucester, Childe Hassam American, Oil on canvas, American — The Church at Gloucester
1918

Central Park in Winter, Currier & Ives American, Hand-colored lithograph — Central Park in Winter
1868–94

Central Park, Winter, William James Glackens American, Oil on canvas, American — Central Park, Winter
ca. 1905

Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: Mothers and children in the park, Maurice Brazil Prendergast American, Recto: watercolor over pencil, bordered in pencil and watercolor — Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: Mothers and children in the park
1895–97

Sunday at the Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris, Jean Béraud French, Oil on canvas — Sunday at the Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris
1877

Winter in Union Square, Childe Hassam American, Oil on canvas, American — Winter in Union Square
1889–90

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Weinberg, H. Barbara, Doreen Bolger, and David Park Curry. 1994. American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams.