Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay. (Catalog of an exhibition held at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, Sept. 25, 2010-Jan 18, 2011).

San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2010.. 4to. 255 pp. Very Good+. Soft Cover. Illustrated paper wraps with French folds. Color plates throughout. Heavy volume, additional shipping fee may apply.ISBN: 9783791362991.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. Contents: Preface / Nicolas Sarkozy --Sponsor statement / Janet Lamkin --Foreword / John E. Buchanan, Jr., and Guy Cogeval --The Musée D'orsay : looking forward / Guy Cogeval and Stéphane Guégan --Introduction / Stéphane Guégan --pt. 1: Beyond impressionism / Guy Cogeval. 1886 : a pivotal year / Sylvie Patry --Cézanne : a case study / Sylvie Patry --Toulouse-Lautrec : high and low in Montmartre / Stéphane Guégan --Neo-impressionism : a methodical utopia / Stéphane Guégan --pt. 2: Van Gogh and Gauguin : the resurrection of Delacroix? / Stéphane Guégan. The Pont-Aven School : from legend to legacy / Stéphane Guégan --pt. 3: The Nabis and symbolism in 1890s Paris / Sylvie Patry. Symbolist and Nabi intimisme / Sylvie Patry --Le Douanier Rousseau : war and peace / Stéphane Guégan --"The great art we call decorative" / Sylvie Patry.