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Article: Finding beauty in everything; The Impressionists at Argenteuil by Paul Hayes Tucker (Yale, pounds 30). Reviewed by.(Books)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
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- June 10, 2000
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Only 15 minutes by train from Paris, Argenteuil was a paradise for the Impressionists. Monet had had a house there from 1871 to 1878 and drew and painted visionary landscapes suffused with light and atmosphere.
And Monet was not alone in discovering the beauties of Argenteuil. Boudin, Caillebotte, Edouard Manet, Renoir and Alfred Sisley were all drawn to its meadows and river promenades.
Perhaps the little town underwent a transformation when seen through the eyes of an artist, but in Paul Hayes Tucker's evocative and beautifully illustrated book, ...