Portrait of an Artist: Claude Monet
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A beautifully told art story for children, looking at Claude Monet's life through his masterpieces. Accompanied by stunning original illustrations from Caroline Bonne-Muller. â??â??â??â??â?? - The Portrait of an Artist series is an excellent introduction to art and its importance to our world. Claude Monet is one of the best loved artists of all time. Find out how this special young painter strove to capture light and feeling in his paintings and how together with a group of talented friends, he came to start the most famous art movement of all time, Impressionism. In his long life he experienced war and heartbreak, love and the joy of family. See how his life shaped each piece of art he made and that throughout it all he never stopped trying to paint the ever changing light and glimmering water. In the end he built himself a garden filled with both, with waterlilies floating on dappled ponds setting the scene for his last, infamous masterpieces. A Monet masterpiece is featured on every spread. This art story also includes a closer look at 10 of Monet's masterpieces at the back.
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‘'I like to paint as a bird sings.''
(Claude Monet)
A beautiful book that aims to introduce the younger audience to one of the masterminds of Impressionism. Claude Monet was one of the first artists to escape the old-school principles of Art, challenging the never-ending arrays of still-life works and epic themes. He wanted to depict the beauty of Nature, the magic of the moment, the interaction of the human and the environment.
Inspired by the sun dancing on the Seine, Monet decided to follow his own dream. He moved to London and produced some of the most beautiful, atmospheric depiction of the Thames. Absorbing the paintings of Turner, he returned to Paris with his work Impression: Sunrise. Impressionism was born and a new light was dawning. Even when tragedy struck, Monet found peace in nature, his paintings communicated the comfort and shelter we can only find in a forest, in a summer field, in the murmurs of the river on a spring afternoon.
Moving written by Lucy Brownridge, beautifully illustrated by Caroline Bonne-Müller, and with informative descriptions of Monet's major works, this little gem is the perfect introduction of one of the greatest of all time and a chance for the young audience to learn and appreciate a world gone forever.
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