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

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.

Traces the life of the Impressionist painter and analyzes some of his paintings.

Profiles the life of French impressionist artist Claude Monet; highlighting his early life, struggle with poverty, work habits, painting of water lilies, and more. Includes a chronology, historical time line, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary.

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...

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.