This Is Monet
Book - 2015
Claude Monet is best known as a leader of the Impressionists, his paintings defining the style that triggered a revolution in art. During the eighty-six years of his life, Monet never rested, and was always driven by the urge to paint. And more than two thousand paintings survive from six highly creative decades. Despite being a celebrity among France's political and cultural elite, Monet never became complacent. Even in his seventies and eighties he was still producing paintings that astounded the art world. Monet's work remains highly influential--his abstraction, gestural strokes and expressive color capturing the imagination of generation after generation of artists.
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Publisher:
London :, Laurence King Publishing,, 2015
ISBN:
9781780676234
Branch Call Number:
j759.4 PAP
Characteristics:
70 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm
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Add a CommentBorn (1840) in Paris, France - (landscape artist) Claude Monet is best known for being the founder of French Impressionist painting.
During the 86 years of his life, Monet never rested where, today, more than 2000 of his paintings survive from a 6-decade career of constant creativity. Despite being a greatly admired celebrity among France's political and cultural elite, Monet never became complacent.
Compiled by Sara Pappworth - This brief "Monet" biography looks at the life and career of said-painter.
(*Note*) - In 1926 - Claude Monet died of lung cancer.
Born in Paris, France - (landscape artist) Claude Monet (1840-1926) is best known for being the founder of French Impressionist painting.
During the 86 years of his life, Monet never rested where, today, more than 2000 of his paintings survive from a 6-decade career of constant creativity. Despite being a greatly admired celebrity among France's political and cultural elite, Monet never became complacent.
Compiled by Sara Pappworth - This brief "Monet" biography looks at the life and career of said-painter.
(*Note*) - In 1926 - Claude Mont died of lung cancer.
This brief book is colourful, but seems to fall between two seats, so to speak: it only mentions very little of the life of Monet, very little of the criticism or interpretation of his work, and it does not show a single series of his studies, nor any close-ups to show his techniques.