A portrait of the master artist and his most famous series reveals the dramas behind their creation, describing Monet's struggles with World War I, family losses, harsh criticism, and competition from a younger generation of artists in the final years of his life.

"A beautifully told art story for children, looking at Claude Monet's life through his masterpieces. Accompanied by stunning original illustrations from Caroline Bonne-Muller. Claude Monet is one of the best loved artists of all time. Find out how this special young painter strove to capture light and feeling in his paintings and how together with a group of talented friends, he came to start the most famous art movement of all time, Impressionism....

"Artist Claude Monet's porcelain sculpture of a cat, named Chika, springs to life and runs through all of Monet's most famous paintings"--

"Claude Monet is one of the world's most beloved artists--and he became famous during his own lifetime. He rejected a traditional life laid out clean and smooth before him. Instead he chose a life of art. But not just any art: a new way of seeing that came to be called impressionism. Monet loved to paint what he saw around him, particularly the Seine River. He was initially rejected for using bright colors, tangled brushstrokes--condemned for his...

A picture book biography of the life of Claude Monet. Includes a time line of his works as well as related art appreciation activities.

PICTURE BOOKS. A beautiful new cover look to celebrate 25 years of Katie making art an adventure! Katie desperately wants to win the art competition at the gallery. She just has to create a painting in the style of Monet. That should be easy ... right? Wherever you find Katie, you'll find fun close behind! Learn all about Monet with Katie as she explores five fabulous masterpieces: In the Woods at Giverny Bathers at La Grenouillere The Rue Montorguiel,...