Art Book Monet, edited by Louise Candlish and Fergus Day

Do not confuse Claude Monet with Édouard Manet!

Art Book Monet: The father of Impressionism-his life in paintings, edited by edited by Louise Candlish and Fergus Day. Translated by Anna Bennett.
DK (Dorling Kindersley) 1999
131 pages chock full of color and b&w photos, plus index of places (where Monet's works are to be found) and index of names (with brief bios).
Library: 759.4 MON

Description
Monet's luminous work was central to the Impressionist movement and includes some of the Western world's most popular paintings. Experience this celebrated French artist's mastery of light and color, and learn how he continued to develop his extraordinary perception despite the onset of blindness in later life.
-Includes over 300 full color paintings
-Surveys the artist's life and works
-Analyzes the masterpieces
-Explains the historical and social context

Table of Contents
1840-1858: In search of a style
-The young caricaturist
-A new freedom of expression
-Caricatures
-New ideas in an industrial Europe

1859-1871: Monet's influences
-The young artist
-Conflicting ideas
-Studio Corner
-The scandalous Manet
-From Gleyre to the Salon
-A tumultuous decade
-Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe
-Mixed fortunes
-Innovations and exhibitions
-Women in the Garden
-The daily pursuit of perfection
-War and revolt
-Le Grenouillere

1872-1883: The Argenteuil Years
-Stability and harmony
-The cities change
-Impression, Sunrise
-The birth of Impressionism
-The Impressionist Group
-Bridge at Argenteuil, Grey Day
-Success in Adversity
-An era of change
-The Gare Saint-Lazare
-Sadness at Vetheuil
-"La Vie Moderne"

1884-1899: The Giverny years
-New travels
-A progressive spirit
-Three Fishing Boats
-Beloved nature
-The end of the 1880s
-Painting at Antibes
-Poplars and haystacks
-A new sensibility
-The northern light
-People and ideas of the 1890s
-Rouen Cathedral
-A new obsession
-The century closes
-Water Lily Pond, Harmony in Green

1900-1912: New challenges
-The magic of Giverny
-The turn of the century
-Vetheuil
-Paintings of Venice
--The avant-garde beckons
--The Water Lily Pond
-Success and disappointment
-A frenzied new century

1913-1926
-A boundless energy
-War and change
-A stubborn old man
-Bauhaus and Art Deco
-The last works
-Milestones and frivolities
-Monet's legacy