No small number of books have been published about the collection of Impressionist paintings and the works of 19th- and 20th-century artists displayed at the Hermitage. Still the present volume is unique. It goes into the historical background and enables the reader to appreciate the significance of the key phenomenon in art that was Impressionism.

Text in English.
St Petersburg, 2002.
256 pages, 252 color illus.;
hardcover.
10 x 12 1/2 in. (25 x 31.5 cm).

ISBN 5-900959-65-1