Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, Sisley, Berthe Morisot and Mary
Cassatt. Though they were often ridiculed or ignored by their contemporaries, as
tonishing sums are paid today for the works of these artists. Their dazzling pic
tures are familiar - but how well does the world know the Impressionists as peop
le? In a vivid and moving narrative, biographer Sue Roe shows the Impressionists
in the studios of Paris, rural lanes of Montmartre and rowdy riverside bars as
Paris underwent Baron Haussman's spectacular transformation.
