Impressionism

'Full of new insights and informed by recent developments in the social history of art, it is also, to its credit, written in an eloquent and eminently readable style' - Linda Nochlin

'Full of new insights and informed by recent developments in the social history of art, it is also, to its credit, written in an eloquent and eminently readable style' - Linda Nochlin

'A comprehensive look back at the much-loved art movement, how the artists came together, the feuds and correcting the myths – such as the belief they were critically panned, when in fact most reviews were favourable or mixed' - FAD Magazine

Belinda Thomson is an independent art historian specializing in 19th and early 20th-century French art. She has published widely on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist topics. She was awarded an honorary professorship in history of art at the University of Edinburgh in 2011 and made Chevalier dans l’Ordre des arts et des lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 2013.