Monet – Wildenstein Plattner Institute

Introducing Claude Monet: The Revised Catalogue Raisonné; The Pastels

As part of its long-term goal to update the entirety of the Monet catalogue raisonné, the Wildenstein Plattner Institute has released its latest online publication, Claude Monet: The Revised Catalogue Raisonné; The Pastels. This dynamic resource features information on 110 works in pastel, with links to historic publications on the artist. Presented in a searchable format and accessible for free on the Institute’s website, wpi.art, The Pastels will be continuously updated with new information as works are reviewed by the WPI’s Monet Committee.

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Claude Monet’s Encounter with the Mediterranean – Part 1

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In December 1883, Claude Monet left Giverny and traveled to the French and Italian Rivieras for one week with his friend and fellow Impressionist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Following Monet’s military service in Algeria twenty years earlier, he had become an avid traveler. Monet realized a number of works during visits to England in 1870 and the

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Claude Monet: The Water Lily Pond

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In Giverny, a small village located about 75km west of Paris, Claude Monet owned the “Pressoir” house as well as the gardens that surrounded it. He also rented a piece of land with a small body of water between the Chemin du Roy and the Epte river where he cultivated a few aquatic plants [Fig.

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