The Private Lives of the Impressionists - Tapa dura

"Wonderful.Roe has a lively writing style and does a good job of delineating the personalities of each artist." -- Providence Journal

"Charming. a decidedly readable work that should engage lay readers and spur undergraduates to conduct authentic research of their own." -- Library Journal

"Charming... a decidedly readable work that should engage lay readers and spur undergraduates to conduct authentic research of their own."--Library Journal

"Roe synthesizes the welath of published...work on half a dozen artists into a coherent narrative of kith and kinship"--Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian

"Exceptionally detailed and thoroughly researched....Roe has done an admirable job of unearthing...countless...source materials."--San Francisco Chronicle

"An illuminating insight into the lives of aesthetic revolutionaries"--Daily Telegraph (London)

"Wonderful...Roe has a lively writing style and does a good job of delineating the personalities of each artist."--Providence Journal

"Vivid, superbly researched...Sue Roe transports us back to their Paris"--Daily Mail (London)

"Roe constructs a penetrating group portrait...scintillatingly detailed and empathic."--Booklist (starred review)

"The title suggests titillation and does not disappoint...Intelligent and well-crafted portraits of some of history's most intriguing geniuses."--Kirkus Starred Review

A lively group portrait of the Impressionist artists traces how the movement's early leaders met in the studios of Paris and lived and worked together closely for several years, supporting one another through a series of emotional and financial difficulties. 25,000 first printing.