Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of the French Impressionist art movement, and today his paintings sell for millions of dollars. While Monet was alive, however, his work was often criticized and he struggled financially. With over one hundred black-and-white illustrations, this book unveils a true portrait of the artist!

In his garden at Giverny, Monet created a vast canvas to research his landscape paintings. He had a Japanese bridge built over the pond, which he covered with water lilies. Anxious to render every variation of light over the bridge, water, foliage, and flowers consistent with the season and time of day, Monet worked simultaneously on several canvases and returned to them again and again. This program explores the 54 versions of Water Lilies from various...

A vividly rendered portrait of both the rise of Impressionism and of Monet, the artist at the center of the movement. It is, above all, a love story of the highest romantic order.

Teaches children about the art and life of the Impressionist painter Claude Monet through the tale of a little girl's love affair with his paintings. Combines animation with live action shot of Monet's paintings and his garden in Giverny.

Examines the life and long career of nineteenth-century French artist Claude Monet, a painter associated with the impressionist movement, looking at his evolving style, discussing historic events that were taking place during his lifetime, and considering Monet's legacy to other artists.

The whole Monet / Guy Cogeval -- Monet's subject / John House -- Emotive naturalism, 1881-1891 / Richard Thomson -- Monet at Sainte-Adresse in 1867 / Joseph Baillio -- Declines / Laurence Bertrand Dorléac -- From flesh to dots. Rouen cathedral by Monet and Lichtenstein / Laurence Madeline -- A retrospective / Richard Thomson -- Fontainebleau forest / Anne Roquebert -- Seascapes in Normandy / Anne Roquebert -- The suburbs of Paris / Richard Thomson...

"Artist Claude Monet's porcelain sculpture of a cat, named Chika, springs to life and runs through all of Monet's most famous paintings"--