What was the painter Monet's first name?
Essential Monet Essential Monet Essential Monet () is a book written by arts expert Vanessa Potts. It was published in 2003, by Bartagon Publishing of the United Kingdom. "Essential Monet" is a discussion book about the paintings of famed French artist Claude Monet. It is part of the "essential" book series, which also discusses such other artists as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and others. "Essential Monet"s introduction was written by Dr. Claire O'Mahony, who wrote a biography about the noted painter and described him as "in many senses, the quintessential impressionist painter". The book discusses hundreds of Monet paintings, his influences, and
The Magpie (Monet) light. The invention of the collapsible metal paint tube (1841) and portable easel brought painting, formerly confined to studios, into the outdoors. Boudin and Monet spent the summer of 1858 painting nature together. Like Boudin, Monet came to prefer painting outdoors rather than in a studio, the convention of the time. "If I have become a painter," Monet said, "I owe it to Boudin." The landscape paintings of Dutch painter Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819–1891) influenced both Boudin and Monet and contributed to the development of early Impressionism. After meeting Jongkind in Sainte-Adresse in 1862, Monet began to cultivate an interest