Claude Monet The Truth of Nature

Spanning the artist’s entire career, this new paperback edition explores Claude Monet’s enduring relationship with nature and the landscapes he returned to again and again.

Capturing fleeting natural impressions played a central role in the art of Claude Monet. He deeply engaged with the landscape and light of different places, from the metropolis of Paris to the Seine villages of Argenteuil and Giverny. This lavishly illustrated new paperback edition explores the development of Monet’s art from the 1850s to the 1920s, focusing on the places, both at home and on his frequent travel, from which he drew inspiration for his painting. In addition, the book traces the critical shift in Monet’s art that occurred when he began to focus on series of the same subjects such as grainstacks, poplars, and the water-lily pond at his meticulously designed garden in Giverny. Insightful and revealing, the book deepens our appreciation of Monet’s art and allows us to experience anew his gift for bringing the natural world to life.
 

CHRISTOPH HEINRICH is Director of the Denver Art Museum.
 
 
ORTRUD WESTHEIDER is Director of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.
 
 
MICHAEL PHILIPP is Chief Curator of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.