The Nymphéas of Claude Monet at the Musée de l'Orangerie

Fülszöveg

The eight panels of the unique set of Nymphéas
by Claude Monet, donated by the artist to the
State and installed in the Musée de l'Orangerie
(1927) according to his directions, deserved a
detailed publication.
This book emphasizes the importance of the
Nymphéas series, inspired by the water-lily pond
that Claude Monet created in his garden at
Giverny and to which he devoted the last twenty
years of his life.
Historical and stylistic analyses, supported by a
wealth of documents, many published for the
first time, situate the Nymphéas in the painter's
work and in the art of the 20th century ; a chap-
ter recapitulates the extraordinary fascination
which these works exerted on writers—Proust,
Péguy, Claudel, Bachelard, and Michel Butor
among others—and painters alike.
Called the Sistine Chapel of abstract art by
André Masson, the Nymphéas of the Orangerie
and the other panels dispersed throughout the
world, paved the way for the painters of the fol-
lowing... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The eight panels of the unique set of Nymphéas
by Claude Monet, donated by the artist to the
State and installed in the Musée de l'Orangerie
(1927) according to his directions, deserved a
detailed publication.
This book emphasizes the importance of the
Nymphéas series, inspired by the water-lily pond
that Claude Monet created in his garden at
Giverny and to which he devoted the last twenty
years of his life.
Historical and stylistic analyses, supported by a
wealth of documents, many published for the
first time, situate the Nymphéas in the painter's
work and in the art of the 20th century ; a chap-
ter recapitulates the extraordinary fascination
which these works exerted on writers—Proust,
Péguy, Claudel, Bachelard, and Michel Butor
among others—and painters alike.
Called the Sistine Chapel of abstract art by
André Masson, the Nymphéas of the Orangerie
and the other panels dispersed throughout the
world, paved the way for the painters of the fol-
lowing generations, and in particular the French
and American abstractionists of the 50's, who
considered them as préfigurations of their own
works.
This book reproduces each of the eight panels in
its entirety and in full color for the first time af-
ter a recent cleaning restored their original bril-
liance. Their exceptional format necessitated a
presentation on folding pages.
This publication also features many
documentary photographs and much source
material. Vissza