Claude Monet

by Claude Monet and Catherine Nichols

The French painter Claude Monet loved to paint outdoors to study the effects of light and color on his subjects. He painted a harbor scene at Le Havre, France, entitled Impression, Sunrise in 1872-73, and it was from this title that his painting style and that of his artist friends became known as Impressionism. In his works, Monet tried to show a certain moment of light before it changed, and he applied dots and dabs of colors to canvases in quick...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140422761X
• ISBN13: 9781404227613
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6