In The Work of Art, Anthea Callen analyzes the self-portraits,
portraits of fellow artists, photographs, prints, and studio images of
prominent nineteenth-century French Impressionist painters, exploring
the emergence of modern artistic identity and its relation to the idea
of creative work. Landscape painting in general, she argues, and the
“plein air” oil sketch in particular were the key drivers of change in
artistic practice in the nineteenth century―leading to the Impressionist
revolution.
Putting the work of artists from
Courbet and Cézanne to Pissaro under a microscope, Callen examines modes
of self-representation and painting methods, paying particular
attention to the painters’ touch and mark-making. Using innovative
methods of analysis, she provides new and intriguing ways of
understanding material practice within its historical moment and the
cultural meanings it generates. Richly illustrated with 180 color and
black-and-white images, The Work of Art offers fresh insights into the development of avant-garde French painting and the concept of the modern artist.
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