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Monet. The essential

Monet. The essential

This box set brings together most of the work of an outstanding artist, Claude Monet (1840-1926), considered by art history to be the father of Impressionism. It presents, through a chronological selection of fifty paintings, his long and brilliant career. Although he did not neglect urban and modern ...
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Characteristics

Dimensions :
18,4 x 25,7 x 4,6 cm
Artist :
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Art movement :
Impressionism
Museum :
Musée d'Orsay
Theme :
Landscape
EAN :
9782754111645
Size of the book :
Paperback with flap
Reference :
MX643315

Editor

Publication :
1970-01-01

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The artist

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Claude Monet (1840-1926) grew up in Le Havre where he painted landscapes of nature. After a stay in Paris, he moved to Argenteuil in 1872 where Renoir, Sisley, Manet, Pissarro and Caillebote joined him. Together, they organized an exhibition of the works denied by the Official Salon in 1874 where Monet presented 'Impression, rising sun'. The artist became leader of the Impressionnist art movement destined to capture natural light rather than trying to represent reality at its best. In 1883 he moved to Giverny, his place of creation and his artwork where he dedicated himself to painting his pond. He painted twelve artworks of the white water lilys as only subject for 10 years. At 49, the artist finally found success when he is acclaimed by the critics during a retrospective devoted to him by the gallery Petit.