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Illustrated with reproductions of his paintings, this book discusses the works of Monet, from his early artistic leanings to his accomplishments that would have a decisive influence on the modern art of the 20th century.

Contains forty color plates, ranging in date from 1865 to 1978. Includes commentaries.

A biography of the artist who practiced plein air painting and transformed the landscape genre, and whose vision led to the start of a new art movement called impressionism.

The quintessential Impressionist Claude Monet created more than 2,500 paintings, drawings, and pastels that radically altered the way art was made and understood. This beautiful book is a comprehensive - and accessible - study of Monet's achievement which sets his rich legacy into the context of his life and times. Instead of reading Monet's work as engaged only with the beauties of nature, Paul Hayes Tucker offers strikingly new perspectives based...

An illustrated look at French artist Monet as he might have painted his flowers from his garden in Giverny, France