KARIN SAGNER DUCHTING

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was both the most typical and the most individual painter associated with the Impressionist movement. His long life and extraordinary work were dedicated to a pictorial exploration of the sensations which reality, and in particular landscape, offer the human eye. Monet`s poplars, grain stacks, Rouen Cathedral, and waterlily paintings — among the most beloved works of the Impressionist period — were created long before the currents of the contemporary avant-garde and had an inestimable influence on the development of modern art. This book traces the life`s work of one of art history`s most beloved painters.

French painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) is regarded as the archetypal impressionist in his unwavering devotion to the movement. This illustrated survey covers the full range of his work, from the early landscapes to such enduring masterpieces as the Water Lilies series. Commentary covers every aspect of the life and work of the man whose 1872 painting Impression: Sunrise gave the movement its name.

Monet consagró su larga vida y su incalculable capacidad de trabajo a la investigacion pictórica de las sensaciones que la realidad, especialmente el paisaje, ofrece al ser humano. Sus cuadros anticiparon corrientes pictoricas posteriores gracias a su estructura abierta de formas diluidas. Esta obra explora y analiza en profundidad el conjunto de la produccion de este inigualable artista.