Origins of impressionism

Foreword / Philippe de Montebello and Irene Bizot

Introduction / Gary Tinterow and Henri Loyrette

I. The Salon of 1859 / Henri Loyrette

II. History Painting / Henri Loyrette

III. The Realist Landscape / Gary Tinterow

IV. The Nude / Henri Loyrette

V. Figures in a Landscape / Gary Tinterow

VI. Still Life / Henri Loyrette

VII. Portraits and Figures / Henri Loyrette

VIII. The Impressionist Landscape / Gary Tinterow

IX. Modern Life / Henri Loyrette

Chronology of Works in the Catalogue

Chronology 1859-70

Catalogue. Paul Baudry, cat. 1. Frederic Bazille, cats. 2-15. Francois Bonvin, cat. 16. Eugene Boudin, cats. 17, 18. William Bouguereau, cat. 19. Jules Breton, cat. 20. Carolus-Duran, cat. 21. Paul Cezanne, cats. 22-34. Camille Corot, cats. 35-37. Gustave Courbet, cats. 38-47. Charles-Francois Daubigny, cats. 48-50. Edgar Degas, cats. 51-68. Eugene Delacroix, cat. 69. Henri Fantin-Latour, cats. 70-74. Hippolyte Flandrin, cat. 75. Eugene Fromentin, cat. 76.

Jean-Leon Gerome, cat. 77. Eva Gonzales, cat. 78. Ernest Hebert, cat. 79. Johann Barthold Jongkind, cats. 80, 81. Alphonse Legros, cat. 82. Edouard Manet, cats. 83-112. Jean-Francois Millet, cat. 113. Claude Monet, cats. 114-51. Gustave Moreau, cat. 152. Berthe Morisot, cat. 153. Camille Pissarro, cats. 154-65. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, cats. 166, 167. Auguste Renoir, cats. 168-81. Gustave Ricard, cat. 182. Theodore Rousseau, cats. 183, 184. Alfred Sisley, cats. 185-88. James Tissot, cat. 189. Constant Troyon, cat. 190. James McNeill Whistler, cats. 191-93.