{"product_id":"monet-the-early-years","title":"Monet","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive examination of the painter’s formative years, tracing the evolution of Monet’s early style and personal ambitions that drove the rest of his career\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This elegant volume is the first to be devoted to the young genius of Claude Monet (1840–1926). Bringing together the greatest paintings from his early career—including his first Salon-exhibited work, the Kimbell Art Museum’s \u003ci\u003eLa Pointe de la Hève at Low Tide\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Magpie \u003c\/i\u003efrom the Musée d’Orsay; and \u003ci\u003eThe Green Wave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLa Grenouillère \u003c\/i\u003efrom the Metropolitan Museum of Art—it features essays by distinguished scholars, focusing on the evolution of Monet’s own distinctive mode of painting. Through the 1860s, the young painter absorbed and transformed a variety of influences, from the lessons of the Barbizon school and his mentor Boudin to the challenges posed by his friends Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. Artistic innovation and personal ambition shaped the work of the celebrated impressionist painter from the very start of his long and illustrious career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDistributed for the Kimbell Art Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKimbell Art Museum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (10\/16\/16–01\/29\/17)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFine Arts Museums of San Francisco\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (02\/25\/17–05\/29\/17)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32181974990931,"sku":"","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780300221855_da3e4067-743f-4cf1-8930-19bca0bac0a0.jpg?v=1776935742","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/monet-the-early-years","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}