Claude Monet (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Hayes Tucker
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1840-1926
- Setting: France
- Principal Characters: Claude Monet
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Culture, Traveling or travelers, Politics, Art or artists, Creative process, Painting or painters, Aesthetics, Impressionism
- Locales: France
In his biography/critical study of Claude Monet, Paul Tucker has a problem: Monet is known chiefly for the evanescent aspects of his landscapes, his innovative use of air, light, and color—factors that have prompted critics often to ignore other aspects of his craft, such as content, composition, and historical relevance. Tucker attempts to revise this reductive critical view by analyzing the paintings in terms of Monet’s life and the political, cultural, and social complexities of his day. By blending biography with critical studies of specific paintings, Tucker shows how Monet...
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