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About the book >.>.> The work of the Impressionists during the winter months often described by the term effet de neige resulted in many paintings of extraordinary beauty and character. This book is the first to examine the technical stylistic and thematic evolution of snowscapes and winter scenes in the paintings of Claude Monet Camille Pissarro Alfred Sisley Gustave Caillebotte Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Gauguin and to trace the development of snowscapes in the careers of these artists. The book includes essays by several prominent scholars specializing in the study of Impressionism. These examine the Impressionists’ sources of inspiration from the realist paintings of Gustave Courbet to the depiction of snow in Netherlandish painting and in Japanese prints and dis- cuss the significance of winter landscapes to Impressionism as a whole and the artists’ purpose in painting them. A winter weather chronology charts the snowfall in France between 1864 to 1893 from contemporary accounts. Sixty-three major winter landscape paintings from collections around the world are reproduced in full color plates together with additional color details contemporary illustrations prints and photographs. The resulting work constitutes both a ground-breaking study of its subject and a beautiful book. The book accompanies an exhibition of winter landscape paintings by Impressionist artists opening at The Phillips Collection Washington D.C. and travelling to The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (OS)