Claude Monet

by Adam G. Klein

French artist Claude Monet helped found the Impressionist movement through his experimentation with brushstrokes and his fascination with light. This biography introduces Monet's childhood, education, early caricatures, plein air painting, transformation of the landscape genre, acceptance and rejection from the Salon, travels throughout Europe, family life, and his gardens at Giverny that led to the famous water lily paintings. Sidebars, a glossary,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596797320
• ISBN13: 9781596797321
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6