Recollections of a Picture Dealer (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) Paperback – November 2, 2011

You have to read this book! Period. I loved it and I am re-reading it. It is an authentic recollection of a great dealer, who put his faith in a bunch of very young artists; the Impressionists.

Big variety of very informal friendships between the author and legendary artist. Writing style is a little uneven, but the stories are good.

Great book...! It makes you travel in the past with a great narration and precise references to the age of the impresionism

Unless you are totally into the field of art history in the early 1900's, this book drags on a bit.

Read now if you love art, paris and cezanne

Whatever you may think of the writing style and content, this book is historic in its autobiographical account of one of the world's most important art dealers. I found it totally fascinating. It brought one of the foremost art historical times to life for me. Even if you are not much of an art aficionado, how could you not be intrigued by the interaction between these historic figures?

This memoir is really a collection of anecdotes, which taken together give a vivid impression of a hardworking networking merchant with very good taste.His energy and determination would have made him a fearsome competitor in what is always a fiercely competitive business. His taste made him memorable.Interesting from a historical perspective, but essentially a lightweight book.

I found this book to be quiet interesting. Ambroise Vollard is an extremely important person in art history, and these are his own personal stories. They're very interesting, but I personally found them kind of hard to read and follow. Vollard by no means was a great writer and seems to be all over the place and either used very poor english or was poorly translated (my guess is the 2nd) If you're looking for some good stories though this is a nice read

For reading!Was recommended to me and I was transported to another time and way of life.