This monograph sketches the history of Impressionism in France, not only from the famous masters, but also ignored the false artists as Bazille, Caillebotte, Berthe Morisot and Pissarro Lucien Barro. This book is also a study of the Impressionist movements that emerged in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, Italy, Spain, England and North America. A "Guide of Impressionism" of 64 pages is added bibliographies, portraits and biographical data of all 236 artists listed.