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Monet: an accessible, engaging introduction to the by Carla Rachman

ISBN: 9780714835006 PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Ltd FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 352 PUBLICATION DATE: 13.11.1997

DESCRIPTION: Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the quintessential Impressionist, whose ability to catch the fleeting effect of light and air on canvas have made his paintings admired the world over. But while a Monet picture of waterlilies, poppyfileds or poplar trees is easily identifiable, how and why his art developed from the early figure paintings to the late pictures of the water garden at Giverny is generally less well known. In this account of Monet's life and art, Carla Rachman analyzes the works themselves against the changing artistic and political background of the period to reveal the complicated evolution of an artist who had a formative influence on the history of modern art.

Table of Contents

Drawn into art - Monet's early years; the painting of modern life - Paris and its environs in the 1860s; Sundays on the river - Argenteuil and Impressionist subjects; all that is solid melts into air - Monet at Vetheuil; Monet's Tour de France - the roving painter; putting down roots - Monet's years at Giverny; the unwavering gaze - the series paintings of the 1890s; "Grandes Decorations" - Monet in the 20th century.

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