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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Brimming with illustrations of some of the world's best loved Impressionist paintings, this book offers fresh and fascinating insights to explain why, initially, Impressionism was considered radical--and why it remains one of the most popular artistic movements of all time. The story of how and why Impressionism came into being is as intriguing as the artworks themselves. While this volume focuses on the movement's development primarily through the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Claude Monet 1840-1926 is best known as the painter of water lilies and poppy fields, rather than of rivers and sea cliffs. However, the most prolific period of his career, from the autumn of 1878 to the spring of 1883, was spent painting on the river Seine at Vétheuil and working on the Normandy coast. During this time, Monet painted no fewer than three hundred pictures. This was one of the most important periods in Monet's development as an artists,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Claude Monet, the leading figure in the Impressionist movement, was also a great collector. He lavished great attention on his acquisitions, whether selecting works to buy or taking care of the paintings given to him by his artist friends. He was capable of spending very considerable sums to obtain major works by the likes of Renoir or Cézanne. By dint of paintstaking research worthy of a complex police investigation, Marianne Mathieu and Dominique...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This beautiful publication highlights a treasured painting in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts--Gladioli by Claude Monet (1840-1926). The canvas was painted while Monet lived in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil from late 1871 to early 1878, during which time Monet banded with other painters to form the group now known as the Impressionists. Monet: Framing Life brings Gladioli together with other canvases, by both Monet and fellow Impressionist...
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