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The Works: Claude Monet

The Essential Masterpieces
By Sally Grant
Series: The Works
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The Works: Claude Monet is a stunning art book showcasing 50 of Monet's most compelling artworks. From his breathtaking and evolving studies of water lilies to the striking contrasts and rich decadence of his portrait of his wife Camille, this book highlights the beauty and complexity... Read More
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The Works: Claude Monet is a stunning art book showcasing 50 of Monet's most compelling artworks.

From his breathtaking and evolving studies of water lilies to the striking contrasts and rich decadence of his portrait of his wife Camille, this book highlights the beauty and complexity of Monet's style. Through detailed analyses of each artwork by acclaimed art historian Sally Grant, this is the ultimate introduction to the great artist.

Perfect for both budding and seasoned art lovers, or anyone looking for a beautiful, bold book to adorn their shelves or coffee table, this volume is an essential tribute to a trailblazing icon of 19th-century art.

This book is part of The Works series, which also includes volumes on Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt, Katsushika Hokusai, Edgar Degas, and Mary Cassatt.

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    The Works: Claude Monet is a stunning art book showcasing 50 of Monet's most compelling artworks. From his breathtaking and evolving studies of water lilies to the striking contrasts and rich decadence of his portrait of his wife Camille, this book highlights the beauty and complexity of Monet's style. Through detailed analyses of each artwork by acclaimed art historian Sally...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781923503113

Publisher: Smith Street Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 July 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Smith Street Books

Illustration: 100 color photographs; 100 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Sally Grant Series: The Works

About the Author

Sally Grant is an art historian (PhD, 2013), curator and an arts, culture, and travel journalist.
Her art criticism and other writing has appeared in publications such Artforum, Australian Book Review, Ms. Magazine, Hamptons Art Hub, and Australian Gourmet Traveller. She has also written for the Guggenheim blog and catalogue entries for the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department of Christie's New York. Sally was born and raised in northeast Scotland, completed her BA (Hons) and PhD in Art History and Italian Studies at the University of Sydney and now lives and works in New York. She is an Honorary Research Associate of the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies, where her scholarly research focuses on the art and experience of eighteenth-century Venice and the Veneto villa.

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