Toward a New 19th-Century Art: Selections from the Radichel collection

Naturalist and symbolist painting of late nineteenth century France and Belgium, from the private collection of Brad RadichelA fresh analysis of familiar painters as well as an introduction to painters who are largely unknown to English-language audiencesNew scholarship on little studied landscape artists who were based in Belgium during the second half of the nineteenth centuryNaturalist and symbolist painting of late nineteenth century France and Belgium encompasses subjects ranging from rural life to the concerns of urban artists, and the development of landscape as a symbolist genre. In this book, art historians Dr. Gabriel P. Weisberg and Dr. Janet Whitmore explore these topics in the context of an art collection that features previously unknown work by well known painters such as Jules Breton, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Léon Frédéric, Marie Braquemond, Jan Toroop and Jean-Charles Cazin.Contents:A New Look: The Later Nineteenth Century ReframedThe School of TervurenOn CollectingCatalogueBibliography