Along with Turner, no artist has sought more than Monet to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called "only an eye, but my God what an eye!" who stayed completely true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, painting directly from the object. It could be said that Monet reinvented the possibilities of colour, and whether it was through his early interest in Japanese prints, his time in the dazzling light of Algeria as a conscript, or his personal acquaintance with the major painters of the late 1800s, what Monet produced throughout his long life would change forever the way we perceive both the natural world and its attendant phenomena. The high point of his explorations were the late series of waterlilies, painted in his own garden at Giverny, that, in their moves towards almost total formlessness, are really the origin of abstract art. This biography does full justice to this most remarkable and profoundly influential of artists, and offers numerous reproductions and archive photos alongside a detailed and insightful commentary.
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I just got this book at Chicago's Art Institute at Christmas and I am really enjoying it so far. I am not an art expert by any means, but the author seems very knowledgeable and the text is readable and includes lots of detail and quotes from original sources. There are also period photes of the artist's subject matter to compare with the paintings and to set the scene for his biography.I was not familiar with this book's physical format. It is not really a cloth-bound book. It seems to be some sort of super-tough paperback. The book seems very sturdy and I suppose that this binding keeps the cost of the book down. I looked up the publisher in Amazon's book search and there were 1600 listings, so this is probably a hugely famous art publisher I just never heard of. It's a very attractive coffee-table book that you might actually read!
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"Towards the end of the 18th century, one Leon Pascal Monet lived in Paris with his wife, Catherine Chaumerat; he had been born in Avignon in 1761." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zoo francs, ooo francs, grey weather, third studio, early zoth century, green reflections, second studio, soleil couchant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Claude Monet, Paul Durand-Ruel, Georges Petit, New York, Berthe Morisot, Aunt Lecadre, Gustave Geffroy, Edouard Manet, Theo van Gogh, International Exhibition, Antonin Proust, Adolphe Monet, Gare Saint-Lazare, Octave Mirbeau, United States, Albert Wolff, Gil Blas, Grand Decorations, Michel Monet, Camille Monet, Photograph Durand-Ruel, Rouen Cathedral, Amand Gautier, Chronique des Arts, Georges Clemenceau New!
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"Towards the end of the 18th century, one Leon Pascal Monet lived in Paris with his wife, Catherine Chaumerat; he had been born in Avignon in 1761." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zoo francs, ooo francs, grey weather, third studio, early zoth century, green reflections, second studio, soleil couchant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Claude Monet, Paul Durand-Ruel, Georges Petit, New York, Berthe Morisot, Aunt Lecadre, Gustave Geffroy, Edouard Manet, Theo van Gogh, International Exhibition, Antonin Proust, Adolphe Monet, Gare Saint-Lazare, Octave Mirbeau, United States, Albert Wolff, Gil Blas, Grand Decorations, Michel Monet, Camille Monet, Photograph Durand-Ruel, Rouen Cathedral, Amand Gautier, Chronique des Arts, Georges Clemenceau New!
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- Claude Monet by Georges Clemenceau on 13 pages
- Claude Monet by National Gallery of Art on 9 pages
- Claude Monet, 1840-1926 by Karin Sagner-Duechting on page 219, page 251, and page 360
- Claude Monet by Serge George on page 334, and page 348
- Water Lilies by Claude Monet on page 270, and page 290
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