Reference dictionary on modern painting from 1850 to 1950. Texts by John Ashbery, Alan Bird, Françoise Choay, Raymond Cognait, Pierre Courthion, Bernard Dorival, Frank Elger, Florent Fels, Dino Formaggio, Maurice Gieure, Marina Grey, Jacues Lassaigne, André Lejard, Jean Leymarie, Bo Lindwall, Edwin Livengood, Jerome Mellquist, Frank McEwen, Franz Meyer, Michael Middleton, Raoul-Jean Moulin, Joseph-Émile Muller, Mathilde Pomés, Eva Rapsilber, Maurice Raymal, John Rewald, Henri-Pierre Roché, Claude Roger-Marx, Denis Rouart, G. di San Lazzaro, Michel Seuphor, Claude Spaak and Battina Wadia. Includes 360 color illustrations and 60 black-and-white. Text in French.