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Léon Monet. Brother of the artist and collector - Découvertes Gallimard Carnet d'expo

Léon Monet. Brother of the artist and collector - Découvertes Gallimard Carnet d'expo

Written in French.

Léon Monet (1836-1917), brother of Claude (1840-1926), was a colour chemist, industrialist and collector in Rouen and played a decisive role in the artist's career. In 1872, when Monet returned to Le Havre to paint Impression, Sunrise, Léon founded the Société industrielle de Rouen ...
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Characteristics

Number of illustrations :
36
Museum :
Musée du Luxembourg
Art movement :
Impressionism
Dimensions :
12,5 x 17,5 x 1,2 cm
Artists :
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Claude Monet (1840-1926), Anonymous, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
EAN :
9782073020437
Material :
Paper
Size of the book :
Paperback with flap
Reference :
GK197985

Editor

Editor :
RMNGP + GALLIMARD
Diffusor :
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Distributor :
EDITIONS FLAMMARION

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The artist

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Renoir is one of the main representatives of the impressionist movement whose paintings are composed of touches of colour, set in small commas, where black and line do not exist. During this period, he painted scenes from modern popular and social life, portraits, landscapes. From 1880, Renoir began to change the way he painted. He stands out from the impressionists; his style becomes more classical.