Musée Marmottan
Author
Publisher
Musée Marmottan Monet
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Claude Monet, the leading figure in the Impressionist movement, was also a great collector. He lavished great attention on his acquisitions, whether selecting works to buy or taking care of the paintings given to him by his artist friends. He was capable of spending very considerable sums to obtain major works by the likes of Renoir or Cézanne. By dint of paintstaking research worthy of a complex police investigation, Marianne Mathieu and Dominique...
Publisher
Editions Hazan
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"This title offers an exhaustive description of the life, work, and art collection of Julie Manet (1878–1966)—the only daughter of Berthe Morisot and the niece of Édouard Manet. The book will cover several aspects of the artist’s life and work, from early beginnings to her role as a collector with her husband Ernest Rouart, offering a new and richly detailed account of her role in the the arts. Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this...