The Visionary Art Dealer of Impressionism

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Paul Durand-Ruel: Le pari de l'impressionnisme RMN. Paris 2014, illustrated publisher's binding. Format in-4° (26.7 x 23.5 cm), 239 heavily illustrated pages. Exhibition catalog for Paul Durand-Ruel, le pari de l'Impressionnisme, presented at the Musée du Luxembourg from October 9, 2014, to February 8, 2015. Claude Monet honored his principal dealer with the words, "Without Durand, we would all have starved, the Impressionists. We owe him everything." Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) was the first to bet on Impressionism when modern life painting, vibrant and colorful works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Sisley, Pissarro, Cézanne, Cassatt, and Morisot were met with misunderstanding. A visionary, he decided to support these painters... A very beautiful copy.