{"product_id":"9780141980621","title":"Monet","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize and the Franco-British Society Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Art Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eA magnificent new biography of the founder of Impressionism\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the course of a long and exceptionally creative life, Claude Monet revolutionized painting and made some of the most iconic images in western art. Misunderstood and mocked at the beginning of his career, he risked everything to pursue his original vision. Although close to starvation when he invented impressionism on the banks of the Seine in the 1860s-70s, in the following decades he emerged as the powerful leader of the new painting in Paris at one of its most exciting cultural moments. His symphonic series \u003ci\u003eHaystacks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoplars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRouen Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e brought wealth and renown. Then he withdrew to paint only the pond in his garden. The late \u003ci\u003eWater Lilies\u003c\/i\u003e, ignored during his lifetime, are now celebrated as pioneers of twentieth century modernism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehind this great and famous artist is a volatile, voracious, nervous yet reckless man, largely unknown. Jackie Wullschläger's enthralling biography, based on thousands of never-before translated letters and unpublished sources, is the first account of Monet's turbulent private life and how it determined his expressive, sensuous, sensational painting. He was as obsessional in his love affairs as in his love of nature, and changed his art decisively three times when the woman at the centre of his life changed. Enduring devastating bereavements, he pushed the frontier of painting inward, to evoke memory and the passing of time. His work also responded intensely to outside cataclysms - the Dreyfus Affair, the First World War. Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau was his closest friend. Rich intellectual currents connected him to writers from Zola to Proust; affection and rivalry to Renoir, Pissarro and Manet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonet said he was driven 'wild with the need to put down what I experience'. This rich and moving biography immerses us in that passionate experience, transforming our understanding of the man, his paintings and the fullness of his achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackie Wullschläger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48240443261150,"sku":"9780141980621","price":41.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3af80316-4201-4b14-aacc-df7ed2a0c72c.jpg?v=1778729367","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/fr\/products\/9780141980621","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}