Name: Monet
ISBN: 9781681121390

Salva Rubio

Translation information taken from publisher's website.

Itinerant of Light

Monet

Maggie Gordon

Monet is a beautifully illustrated biography of this influential figure in the impressionist era. I must say, he was quite a dick though. Self-absorbed, and I think his story would be well-fleshed out with more information about the women in his life that suffered for, but supported his life style.

The life of the great French painter, one of the founders of Impressionism, is narrated in lush comic art reminiscent of his style. From the Salon des Refuses ("Salon of the Rejected") and many struggling years without recognition, money, and yet a family to raise, all the way to great success, critically and financially, Monet pursued insistently one vision: catching the light in painting, refusing to compromise on this ethereal pursuit. It cost him dearly but he was a beacon for his contemporaries. We discover in this comics biography how he came to this vision as well as his turbulent life pursuing it.

Monet Itinerant of Light

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