Claude Monet: The Painter Who Stopped the Trains

by P.I. Maltbie and Jos. A. Smith

Book Overview

Young readers will learn how Claude Monet came to paint trains as well as how he forever changed the minds of critics about his art and about the Impressionists in general. When his nine-year-old son raves over trains passing by in the countryside, Monet wishes his own art could excite critics as much as trains captivate his son. The book explains his painting technique, how critics viewed him and the other Impressionists, and how he came to paint...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810989611
• ISBN13: 9780810989610
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.5" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 4