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Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of the French Impressionist art movement, and today his paintings sell for millions of dollars. While Monet was alive, however, his work was often criticized and he struggled financially. With over one hundred black-and-white illustrations, this book unveils a true portrait of the artist!
2) Claude Monet
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Presents an overview of the life and accomplishments of Claude Monet, describing his painting style and the lasting influence of the French artist.
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A richly told biography of Suzanne Valadon, the illegitimate daughter of a provincial linen maid who became famous as a model for the Impressionists and later as a painter in her own right. Catherine Hewitt tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world.
5) Edgar Degas
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Examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century artist Edgar Degas, who loved to paint scenes of Paris and the people who worked and lived there.
8) Claude Monet
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Discusses the life and paintings of Claude Monet.
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Painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) led a highly nontraditional life, especially for a woman in the nineteenth century. She kept lions as pets, was awarded the Legion of Honor by Empress Eugénie, and befriended "Buffalo Bill" Cody. She became a painter at a time when women were often only reluctantly educated as artists. Her unconventional artistic work habits, including visiting slaughterhouses to sketch an animal's anatomy and wearing...
14) Claude Monet
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Provides an overview of the life, works, and legacy of French artist Claude Monet.
15) Henri Rousseau
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An introduction to the life and work of the nineteenth-century French artist Henri Rousseau.
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A biographer explores the artist's tragic life, and transcendent work, in early twentieth-century Paris—"a vibrant portrait of a deeply unhappy man" (Publishers Weekly).
In 1920, at the age of thirty-five, Amedeo Modigliani died in poverty and neglect in Paris, much like a figure out of La Bohéme. His life had been as dramatic as his death. An Italian Jew from a bourgeois family, "Modi" had
18) Paul Cezanne
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Describes the life and work of the French Post-Impressionist artist, who tried new ideas in painting to express his love of nature.
19) Monet
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Discusses the personal life and artistic accomplishments of Impressionist Claude Monet.
20) Camille Pissarro
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Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century French painter, Camille Pissarro.