Painting the moment, nature in all its forms and even more so light, is the tireless quest of Claude Monet, leader of the impressionist movement which revolutionized the art of painting, juxtaposing on his canvases a multitude of visible touches, fragmented, to capture the infinite variation of colors. All his work is explained by this quest, because it is the light which draws the shapes. "A landscape, for me, does not exist as a landscape, since its appearance changes at every moment; but it lives through its surroundings, through the air and the light, which vary continually. » Immensities of the changing skies of Normandy, the undulating breath of the wind on the fields of poppies, the infinite shimmer of the sun on the sea in Bordighera, the magical reflections of the famous water lilies in Giverny: Monet asserts himself as the painter par excellence of light and plein air, one of the major artists of modern art, one of the precursors of abstraction.
This work dedicated to Monet offers a discovery of the artist's work, presented in a luxurious and unique binding: composed of a cover in real printed canvas whose pattern extends into a harmonious pattern, it thus creates a visual illusion enveloping which gives the book its precious and unique character. In addition to around sixty of the painter's major works, the book reproduces six of his essential masterpieces in the form of leaflets, which unfold in width or height. Accompanied by detailed instructions, they allow you to see the work in full, to observe the smallest details, to immerse yourself in the texture of the material and the pictorial touch.
