French Painters of the 18th Century - Comprehensive History & Works Catalog

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DIMIER Louis. Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle. Van Oest editions, Paris & Brussels, 1928. Large 4° format, 2 volumes in 2 broched volumes. Worn covers, minor cover losses, edge gnawing marks on pages up to page 120, interior well preserved. First edition. Comprehensive history of lives and catalog of works. Published under the direction of Dimier. 128 plates. Exhaustive study of 18th-century French painting featuring: Watteau, Lemoine, Coypel, Gillot, Galloche, Tournières, Vleughels, Delyes, Trémollières, Van Schuppen, Debar, Arnulphy, Oppenord, Pineau Père, Toro, Bernard Picart, Detroy, Subleyras, Nattier, Oudry, Grimou, Nicolas Coypel, Dumont le Romain, Dumont de Tulle, Frontier, Collin de Vermont, Raoux, Belle, Pesne, Goudreaux, Octavien, Quillard, Lajoue, Meissonnier, Servandoni. Compiled with collaboration of Robert Brun, Emile Dacier, Georges Huard, Jean Messelet, Maurice Raimbault, Louis Réau, Charles Saunier, Georges Bataille, Gaston Brière, Pierre du Colombier, Jean Vergnet-Ruiz, Odette Arnaud, Marie-Louise Bataille, and Duportal.