Monet

The first comprehensive examination of the painters formative years, tracing the evolution of Monets early style and personal ambitions that drove the rest of his career This elegant volume is the first to be devoted to the young genius of Claude Monet (18401926). Bringing together the greatest paintings from his early careerincluding his first Salon-exhibited work, the Kimbell Art Museums La Pointe de la Hve at Low Tide; Djeuner sur lHerbe (Luncheon on the Grass) and The Magpie from the Muse dOrsay; and The Green Wave and La Grenouillre from the Metropolitan Museum of Artit features essays by distinguished scholars, focusing on the evolution of Monets own distinctive mode of painting. Through the 1860s, the young painter absorbed and transformed a variety of influences, from the lessons of the Barbizon school and his mentor Boudin to the challenges posed by his friends Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. Artistic innovation and personal ambition shaped the work of the celebrated impressionist painter from the very start of his long and illustrious career. Distributed for the Kimbell Art Museum Exhibition Schedule: Kimbell Art Museum (10/16/1601/29/17) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (02/25/1705/29/17)