Claude Monet: 103 Drawings and Pastels
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Claude Monet: 103 Drawings and Pastels Details
Although Claude Monet helped perpetrate the myth that he did not, and maybe even could not, draw, nearly 500 of more than 2,500 his works are sketchbooks, drawings and pastels. This work is focused on Monet's drawings, pastels and sketchbooks, offering a new aspect of the artist's work. Drawing upon recently discovered documents and a body of graphic work largely unknown to the public and scholars alike, reveals that Monet relied extensively upon drafting in the development of his paintings in addition to painting his subjects directly. Monet has long been seen as an anti-draftsman, having denied the role of drawing in his working method in an effort to advance his public image as an Impressionist. He is among the world's most celebrated painters, yet he is almost unknown as a draftsman. This book explores Monet's works on paper, from caricatures he made as a boy to sketchbook studies for his late water-lily canvases. Monet also produced highly finished black-chalk and pastel drawings.
Reviews
There are NO Pastel images in color. Except for the cover, every image is in black and white. I wanted a book that displayed the art in its' true color. That being said, I am going to keep the book because I work with charcoal as well as pastels. The description of this series (I bought Dante Rossetti also) Should state that the images are black and white.
