Emmanuel De La Villéon, 1858-1944

This book comprehensively studies and illustrates the life and work of Post-Impressionist painter Emmanuel de La Villéon (1858-1944). It gives an appreciation on the artist's different styles and places them in their time, underlines the importance of his sketchbooks, and gives a comment of his writings. It also draws some parallels with his contemporaries and analyses the reception of his work by the art critics of the time.