Claude Monet: References & Edit History
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Life and work
The most comprehensive analysis of Monet’s long and productive career is Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, 4 vol. (1996; originally published in French in 5 vol., 1974–91), with a biography in English and a catalog in French, English, and German. Among the many other studies of Monet’s life and career, the most thorough and accessible are Paul Hayes Tucker, Claude Monet: Life and Art (1995); and Carla Rachman, Monet (1997). Many of Monet’s contemporaries wrote about his life and work, most notably his close friends Gustave Geffroy, Claude Monet: sa vie, son oeuvre, 2 vol. (1924, reprinted in 1 vol., 1980); and Georges Clemenceau, Claude Monet: Les Nymphéas (1928).
Themes and criticism
Focused studies of the individual phases of Monet’s long career are in Paul Hayes Tucker, Monet at Argenteuil (1982, reissued 1984), and in his exhibition catalog Monet in the ’90s: The Series Paintings (1989); and the catalog by Paul Hayes Tucker, George T.M. Shackelford, and Mary Anne Stevens, Monet in the 20th Century (1998). Theoretical perspectives on the artist include John House, Monet: Nature into Art (1986, reprinted 1989); and Steven Z. Levine, Monet, Narcissus, and Self-Reflection: The Modernist Myth of the Self (1994). Monet’s practice of working in a single region for a concentrated period of time allows analysis of single phases of his development. Texts that focus upon his endeavors in specific locations include Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Monet in Holland (1986); Robert L. Herbert, Monet on the Normandy Coast: Tourism and Painting, 1867–1886 (1994); Joachim Pissarro, Monet and the Mediterranean (1997), and Monet’s Cathedral: Rouen, 1892–1894 (1990); Karin Hellandsjø (ed.), Monet in Norway (1995); and Grace Seiberling, Monet in London (1988).
Monet’s garden at Giverny has prompted many publications. Of enduring value is Claire Joyes, Claude Monet: Life at Giverny (1985). The intriguing story of the predominantly American art colony that gathered in Giverny is recorded in William H. Gerdts, Monet’s Giverny: An Impressionist Colony (1993). Metropolitan Museum of Art, Monet’s Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism (1978, reissued 1995), with an essay by Daniel Wildenstein, presents a lively anecdotal overview of the last four decades of the artist’s life and work. Pierre Georgel, Claude Monet, Nymphéas (1999), focuses on the culminating work of Monet’s career, the installation of the Orangerie murals in Paris.
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Article History
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| Modified link of Web site: Art in Context - Claude Monet Paintings A Look at 15 of Monets Greatest Works. | Aug 28, 2026 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 07, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 01, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art - Claude Monet. | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Claude Monets house and gardens - Claude Monet - Timeline. | May 16, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 19, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art in Context - Claude Monet Paintings A Look at 15 of Monets Greatest Works. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Mar 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Claude Monet. | Jan 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Claude Monet. | Sep 05, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 11, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 04, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Artnet - Biography of Claude Monet. | Jan 23, 2019 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Nov 02, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidz World - Biography of Claude Monet. | Dec 15, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of Claude Monet. | Apr 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Guggenheim - Biography of Claude Monet. | Apr 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Claude Monet. | Apr 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Making Art Fun! - Art Library - Biography of Claude Monet. | Apr 21, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: TATE - Biography of Claude Monet. | Dec 27, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Getty - Biography of Claude Monet. | Dec 27, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Met - Claude Monet (1840-1926). | Dec 27, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 09, 2012 | ||
| Changed spelling of "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Oct 01, 2010 | ||
| Added image of Claude Monet's paintings Camille Monet on a Garden Bench (1873) and The Japanese Footbridge (1920–22). | Oct 01, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Biography of Claude Monet. | Feb 17, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Claude Monet Giverny Paintings. | Feb 17, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Claude Monet Paintings 1900-1908. | Aug 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Biography of Claude Monet. | Jun 25, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Gallery of Art - The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil. | Oct 30, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: WebMuseum - Claude Monet. | Aug 09, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Olga's Gallery - Claude Monet. | Jun 19, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 28, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 16, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 07, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |