Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musee D'Orsay

San Francisco, Munich, and New York: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; DelMonico Books - Prestel, 2010. Cloth, 255 pages, colour illustrations; 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, September 25, 2010 to January 18, 2011. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "In this volume, examples of Post-Impressionism from one of the world's premier art museums provide an overview of innovations ushered in by the popular movement. Representing a pivotal moment in the history of European art, the Post-Impressionists created some of the most recognizable and stylistically inventive paintings of the modern era. Published to accompany a major exhibition, this book presents over one hundred celebrated paintings from the unparalleled collection of Paris's Musee d'Orsay. Focusing on the decades around 1900, this publication presents late Impressionist landmarks by Monet and Renoir; early modern masterpieces by Cezanne, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Van Gogh; and avant-garde canvases by the Nabis painters Denis, Bonnard, and Vuillard. The volume also provides a unique look at the Musee d'Orsay's outstanding collection of Pointillism, including works by artists such as Seurat and Signac. Together these works offer a fresh assessment of seismic transitions in the European art world at the turn of the twentieth century that ushered in the birth of modern painting and produced lasting treasures of its own." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Preface, by Nicolas Sarkozy; Sponsor statement, by Janet Lamkin; Foreword, by John E. Buchanan, Jr., and Guy Cogeval; The Musee D'Orsay: looking forward, by Guy Cogeval and Stephane Guegan; Introduction, by Stephane Guegan; pt. 1: Beyond impressionism, by Guy Cogeval. 1886: a pivotal year, by Sylvie Patry; Cezanne: a case study, by Sylvie Patry; Toulouse-Lautrec: high and low in Montmartre, by Stephane Guegan; Neo-impressionism: a methodical utopia, by Stephane Guegan; pt. 2: Van Gogh and Gauguin: the resurrection of Delacroix?, by Stephane Guegan. The Pont-Aven School: from legend to legacy, by Stephane Guegan; pt. 3: The Nabis and symbolism in 1890s Paris, by Sylvie Patry. Symbolist and Nabi intimisme, by Sylvie Patry; Le Douanier Rousseau: war and peace, by Stephane Guegan; "The great art we call decorative", by Sylvie Patry.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.