Monet. the Triumph of Impressionism

by Daniel Wildenstein

Book Overview

No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man C zanne called "only an eye, but my God what an eye " who stayed true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, painting directly from the object.

It could be said that Monet reinvented the possibilities of color...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836551012
• ISBN13: 9783836551014
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 7.9"