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Claude Monet: 1840-1926 (Basic Series)

This illustrated volume offers a considered look at Claude Monet, the painter who helped shape Impressionism. Alongside a selection of his best-known canvases, the text traces his life and examines how his methods and artistic choices developed over time. Readers can follow his progress as a painter from his early years through his later decades, while the images show closely the colours, light and subjects that made his reputation.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages

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