A review by aoosterwyk
In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art by Sue Roe

3.0

I read this book before going to the Van Gogh in Nature exhibit at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. In this book, Van Gogh has been accepted as a great artist, along with Cezanne, by the next generation of artists painting in the south of France.
Montmartre is described as a hill of hovels and rundown buildings. It was previously divided up into allotments and used to grow food. The artists moved in and rented or claimed buildings for studios. This book focused more on the interaction between artists/models and patrons than on the artists as individuals.