Author:
Shackelford, George T. M., 1955- author.
ImprintFort Worth : Kimbell Art Museum, [2016]
ImprintNew Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press
Imprint2016
Description206 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Note:Catalog of the exhibition at Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, October 16, 2016-January 29, 2017; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, February 25-May 29, 2017.
Note:Errata sheet tipped in.
Note:Introduction: the invention of Monet / George T.M. Shackelford -- Hunting for light: Luncheon on the Grass / Mary Dailey Desmarais -- Emergent naturalism: reflections on Monet's early paintings, 1864-1874 / Richard Thomson -- Taking shape: Monet's compositional techniques / Anthea Callen -- Paraph painter / Richard Shiff -- Claude Monet: a summary chronlogy, 1840-1872 / George T.M. Shackelford -- Catalogue / George T.M. Shackelford.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-201).
Note:This elegant volume is the first to be devoted to the young genius of Claude Monet (1840-1926). Bringing together the greatest paintings from his early career-including his first Salon-exhibited work, the Kimbell Art Museum's La Pointe de la Heve at Low Tide; Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) and The Magpie from the Musee d'Orsay; and The Green Wave and La Grenouillere from the Metropolitan Museum of Art-it features essays by distinguished scholars, focusing on the evolution of Monet's 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.
