Manet to Picasso

This book focuses on 38 works in the National Gallery collection made between 1860 and 1905.

Beginning with a short introduction by Christopher Riopelle on the formation of the collection, before discussing each of the chosen works which are arranged chronologically by artist.

It includes highlights such as Manet's Corner of a Cafe-Concert, Monet's Water-Lily Pond, Gallen-Kallela's Lake Keitele and Cezanne's Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses). Another key painting will be the recently acquired Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens by Adolph Menzel.

Celebrating a remarkable permanent collection that is the envy of museums and galleries around the world, the display will attract significant interest. This book provides an introduction to this great group of paintings.

This beautiful book accompanied the National Gallery's special display of its Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, in September 2006 to May 2007.