Claude Monet: 1840-1926

by Charles F. Stuckey

A comprehensive catalog that accompanies the Claude Monet retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago highlights the artist's career with examples of his paintings from every period, drawings and pastels, and a year-by-year chronology of his life. BOMC.

Genres: Art, Art History, Nonfiction

272 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1995

Reviews

[Hannah (Fully Booked Penguin)]

I really enjoyed reading through this book, and it was my first time investigating Monet and his art and life. As a person he intrigues me, and I found myself laughing and agreeing with quotes of his throughout.
This book does showcase several coloured photographs of Claude Monet's work, but mostly is a collection of essays, articles, and interviews by various authors and acquaintances of the artist. Like with most art, I liked some pieces more than others, but the stories of his process and convictions around painting was interesting.
There are a lot of black and white versions of his artwork printed throughout the book, which considering Monet's work was about authentic colours and lighting of his art, it missed the mark.
I did find some commentary and interviews more interesting than other, some felt like repetitions of better written work earlier in the book, and I do feel that the last few articles weren't especially impactful or necessary, but to each their own.
Overall, I really enjoyed my first dive into the Impressionist era of painters.

My version of this book had 387, but this Goodreads entry seemed the best match, I.e. right author and title.

[w gall · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked some paintings ,and others not so much. I quickly grew weary of the art talk.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

I Borrowed the book from the library where some kid had cut out a lot of the paintings. But besides for that I was just bored while reading it. How can an author make Monet boring?