Discover Monet’s Water Lilies (Nymphéas) in an exceptional format. This book offers a unique experience thanks to 36 fold-outs which, when opened, reproduce around fifty details from the Water Lilies paintings at life size, inviting the reader on a true visual journey into the heart of the master’s work. From 1899 until his death in 1926, Claude Monet never ceased to pursue the effects of transparency and reflection in the “waterscapes” offered by his Japanese garden at Giverny. The central theme is the water lilies, studied from the bank or from the Japanese bridge, but the true subject remains the fusion of sky and water, the transparency of the depths, the reflections on the surface, and the brilliance of the flowers. The author traces both the history of the garden and that of this immense pictorial production. Michel Draguet is Director General of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and a professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles.
General information
Author: Michel Draguet
Categories: Claude Monet; Painting; Western art
Pages: 200
Publication date: 23/11/2022
Format: 299 × 456 mm
EAN: 9782754112956
Article code: 6370770


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