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A biography of one of the most influential artists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who captured the essence of light and color on his canvases.

Claude Monet is one of the world's most beloved artists--and he became famous during his own lifetime. He rejected a traditional life laid out clean and smooth before him. Instead he chose a life of art. But not just any art: a new way of seeing that came to be called impressionism.

Study and reevaluation of Monet's work, with more than 400 illustrations and 125 color plates. Traces Monet's life and work from his early years at Le Havre and Paris to his final days at home among his gardens at Giverny. Forge writes of Monet's family, his friendships, his relations with the professional art world; and, he travels to the sites of Monet's exploratory campaigns--on the Normandy coast, at Bordighera, Belle-Ile, Antibes--to see what...

Introduces children to the life and work of French Impressionist artist Claude Monet, discussing his style, life in poverty, and influence on world art.

Explores the life and work of the French impressionist painter and includes photographs of his more popular works of art.

A little girl visits the home and garden of Claude Monet at Giverny, France, and learns about the artist's paintings and his life. The illustrations include photographs of the painter and his family as well as examples of his work.

A portrait of the master artist and his most famous series reveals the dramas behind their creation, describing Monet's struggles with World War I, family losses, harsh criticism, and competition from a younger generation of artists in the final years ofhis life.

This book contains 81 paintings from the 40 years Monet spend at his country home in Giverny, accompanied by a narrative on Monet's life, loves, and influences. It recounts Monet's development from an Impressionist to an innovative abstractionist