Excerpt from The Studio, Vol. 23: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art; July 15, 1901 Has he ever been one? Is he one still? Who shall say? And what does it matter, after all? In the first chapter of his admirable book, l'art Impressionniste, Georges Lecomte, explaining the tendencies of the masters of that school, thus expresses himself: Even to a greater extent than the painters of the Fontainebleau School they challenged the conventional treatment of rural scenes, with their sentimental 'arrangement' and the commonplace prettiness of their embellished landscapes; still more, too, did they strive to brighten the atmosphere of their canvases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.