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Monet : the restless vision / Jackie Wullschläger.

Wullschläger, Jackie, (author.). Monet, Claude, 1840-1926 (Added Author).

Summary:

"Drawing on thousands of never-before translated letters and unpublished sources, this new biography reveals dramatic new information about the life and work of one of the late 19th century's most important painters. Despite being mocked at the beginning of his career, and living hand to mouth, Monet risked all to pursue his vision, and his early work along the banks of the Seine in the 1860s-70s would come to be revered as Impressionism. In the following decades, he emerged as a celebrated leader of the new painting in one of the most exciting cultural moments in Paris, before withdrawing to his house and garden to paint the late Water Lilies, which were ignored during his lifetime and would later would have a major influence on all 20th century painters both figurative and abstract." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781101875377
ISBN: 1101875372
Physical Description: xix, 545 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: First United States edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Colophon. Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Allen Lane, a division of Penguin Random House UK, in 2023.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-492) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction and acknowledgments -- Prologue: "The throb of one happy moment" -- Part one: Voyaging out, The city and the sea, 1840-57 -- Trembling laughter, 1857-9 -- Oscar in Paris and Algiers, 1859-62 -- Bazille, 1862-5 -- Camille, 1865-7 -- "Painter on the run," 1867-9 -- La grenouillère, 1869-70 -- The bridge to Argenteuil, 1871-3 -- "This school of the future," 1873-6 -- À Montgeron, chez Monsieur Hoschedé, 1876-8 -- Pastoral, 1878-9 -- Alice, 1879-81 -- Part two: Eyes turned inward. The path to Giverny, 1882-3 -- Home and abroad, 1884-6 -- Betrayal and loyalty, 1886 -- Les demoiselles de Giverny, 1887-91 -- "Now you have happiness," 1891-2 -- Revolution in the cathedral, 1892-7 -- Retreat to the garden, 1897-9 -- Unreal city, 1899-1903 -- The moment of roses, 1904-8 -- Death in Venice, 1908-14 -- Blue angel, 1914-20 -- "Midnight in full sunshine," 1920-26 -- Epilogue: "The magic mirror" -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index.