Claude Monet / Natalia Brodskaïa and Nina Kalitina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brodskaïa, Natalia, author.

Kalitina, Nina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monet, Claude, 1840-1926.

Monet, Claude.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Parkstone International, [2019]

Summary:

With Impression, Soleil Levant, exhibited in 1874, Claude Monet (1840-1926) took part in the creation of the Impressionism movement that introduced the 19th century to modern art. All his life, he captured natural movements around him and translated them into visual sensations. Considered the leader of Impressionism, Monet is internationally famous for his poetic paintings of water lilies and beautiful landscapes. He leaves behind the most well-known masterpieces that still fascinate art lovers all over the world.Nathalia Brodskaïa is a curator at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. She has published monographs on Rousseau, Renoir, Derain, Vlaminck, and Van Dongen, as well as many books on the Fauves and Naïve Art. She is currently working on a study of French painters at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

1. Monet, the Man

2. The Impressionists and Academic Painting

3. The Precursors

4. The First Impressionist Exhibition

5. His Life - Childhood and Adolescence

6. His Life - The First Major Step

7. His Life - The Fight against Tradition

8. His Life - The Pinnacle and the Crises

9. His Life - His Series

10. Monet's Role in Art History

His Works - En plein air

Biography

List of Illustrations.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78310-502-X