Bibliograph

Monet, the early years, George T.M. Shackelford ; with essays by Anthea Callen, Mary Dailey Desmarais, Richard Shiff, Richard Thomson

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Label

Monet, the early years, George T.M. Shackelford ; with essays by Anthea Callen, Mary Dailey Desmarais, Richard Shiff, Richard Thomson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-201)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Monet

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

946481788

Responsibility statement

George T.M. Shackelford ; with essays by Anthea Callen, Mary Dailey Desmarais, Richard Shiff, Richard Thomson

Sub title

the early years

Summary

This elegant volume is the first to be devoted to the young genius of Claude Monet (1840-1926). Bringing together the greatest paintings from his early career-including his first Salon-exhibited work, the Kimbell Art Museum's La Pointe de la Heve at Low Tide; Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) and The Magpie from the Musee d'Orsay; and The Green Wave and La Grenouillere from the Metropolitan Museum of Art-it features essays by distinguished scholars, focusing on the evolution of Monet's own distinctive mode of painting. Through the 1860s, the young painter absorbed and transformed a variety of influences, from the lessons of the Barbizon school and his mentor Boudin to the challenges posed by his friends Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. Artistic innovation and personal ambition shaped the work of the celebrated impressionist painter from the very start of his long and illustrious career

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