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Discovering Impressionism : the life and times of Paul Durand-Ruel by Assouline, Pierre

Table of Contents: “…That day, there was a true artist in front of the easel, and another one facing him - 1910 --…”
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Alice Neel : the art of not sitting pretty by Hoban, Phoebe

Table of Contents: “…Studio still life -- Childhood's canvas -- Designing women -- En plein air -- Limbo -- Tropical soul -- (You can go) home again -- Futility of effort -- The bell jar -- Resurrection -- Next stop, Grenwich Village -- The easel project -- A man's a man for all that -- Moving on -- Jose and Spanish Harlem -- More truth -- Enter Sam -- Painting in oblivion -- Domestic dramas -- Monsters and victims -- In the middle of the road -- Romancero Guajiro -- Pull my daisy (from flower to power) -- Their balls are just higher up -- Vindication -- Bowing out -- Last look -- Coda -- Epilogue.…”
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The revenge of Thomas Eakins by Kirkpatrick, Sidney

Table of Contents: “…I: Master and apprentice -- The Eakins family of Philadelphia -- Master Benjamin -- The art of the penman -- An uncertain future -- The medical arts and the fine arts -- The Pennsylvania academy -- A dangerous young Adonis -- From temple to palace -- Heads and hands -- Letters home -- Rough around the edges -- The artist and his muse -- Picture making -- II: Artist and educator -- The road less traveled -- Champion oarsman -- The Biglin brothers racing -- Hikers and hunters -- Uncompromising realism -- A good and decent girl -- The blood-covered scalpel -- A degradation of art -- Painting heads -- The unflinching eye -- Talk of the town -- Nymph in the fountain -- The open door -- A May morning in the park -- Jerusalem in New Jersey -- Tripod and easel -- Nudes and prudes -- The lovely young men of Dove Lake -- III: Exposed and expelled -- Philanthropists and philistines -- The hanging committee -- Point of no return -- Demons and demigods -- The family skeleton -- Black care -- The bard of Camden -- A league of his own -- Dressed and undressed -- Portraits by a modern master -- Horrors of the dissecting table -- Casting for commissions -- The Pied Piper of Philadelphia -- IV: Forgiven and forgotten -- Portrait of a physicist -- Down for the count -- Outlaw in an undershirt -- Pictured lives -- Pontiffs and prelates -- Return to Rush -- Artist in residence.…”
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