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WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY AND THE FRANCO BRITISH SOCIETY AWARD
"Lively... Provocative... To the wider world, Monet was a placid voluptuary, not a tormented rebel. By excavating the artist’s unexpectedly messy inner life, Wullschläger... sets out to upend this view... Artful."
―Hugh Eakin, The New York Times
"Jackie Wullschläger’s Monet: The Restless Vision… could be called an Impressionist biography of the central Impressionist… Every few chapters, a sudden nub of detail robs you of your breath… Monet may be the first artist biography I’ve encountered in which this kind of thing isn’t just readable but sexy.”
―Jackson Arn, The New Yorker
"Splendidly researched and shrewdly insightful."
―Dan Hofstadter, The Wall Street Journal
"Sumptuous... a portrait of anartist mercurial and materialist, ambitious and conceited, yet unstintingly loyal to all in his orbit... Wullschläger avoids attempting an exhaustive account; why weigh down her book with gratuitous details? She prefers to delight."
―Hamilton Cain, LA Times
"A writer of radiant energy and exhilarating insights, Wullschläger matches each phase in Monet’s long, ardent, precarious, and momentously creative and productive life with the evolution of his radically in-the-moment paintings. Her biography, like his work, profoundly alters our perceptions, revealing how, from portraits to seascapes to water lilies, Monet painted out of love and endless fascination with what it feels like to be alive."
―Booklist, starred
"Wullschläger... bring[s] to life a man whose creative genius was inseparable from his flawed humanity. Even readers well-versed in Monet’s life story will learn something new from this thorough and original reappraisal."
―Publishers Weekly
UK PRAISE:
THE TIMES, THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TELEGRAPH, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, THE EVENING STANDARD and THE TABLET BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“Wullschläger writes magnificently … Years of looking, together with masses of original research, have yielded a richly detailed book that will be invaluable for years to come.”
―Sue Prideaux, Literary Review
“Magical… Usually when reviewing a big biography I feel relieved at the end. This time I felt bereft ... This is a book to be savoured like an orange candied in honey ... It's an intoxicating read.”
― Laura Freeman, The Times
“By delving deep into his correspondence and researching his life in detail, Wullschläger emerges with a strikingly different portrait of the artist. Passionate, edgy, prickly and unstable, her Monet, the unrecognisable Monet, is a powerful new character in art.
― Waldemar Januszcyck, Sunday Times
“Jackie Wullschläger's rich and detailed biography… Beautifully illustrated... has done Monet the service of turning him back into a rounded human being.”
―Christopher Bray, Mail on Sunday
“Enthralling ... A brutally clear-headed portrait of Monet, headstrong, headlong, ferociously ambitious, complete with all his foibles.”
―Michael Glover, Tablet
"Lively... Provocative... To the wider world, Monet was a placid voluptuary, not a tormented rebel. By excavating the artist’s unexpectedly messy inner life, Wullschläger... sets out to upend this view... Artful."
―Hugh Eakin, The New York Times
"Jackie Wullschläger’s Monet: The Restless Vision… could be called an Impressionist biography of the central Impressionist… Every few chapters, a sudden nub of detail robs you of your breath… Monet may be the first artist biography I’ve encountered in which this kind of thing isn’t just readable but sexy.”
―Jackson Arn, The New Yorker
"Splendidly researched and shrewdly insightful."
―Dan Hofstadter, The Wall Street Journal
"Sumptuous... a portrait of anartist mercurial and materialist, ambitious and conceited, yet unstintingly loyal to all in his orbit... Wullschläger avoids attempting an exhaustive account; why weigh down her book with gratuitous details? She prefers to delight."
―Hamilton Cain, LA Times
"A writer of radiant energy and exhilarating insights, Wullschläger matches each phase in Monet’s long, ardent, precarious, and momentously creative and productive life with the evolution of his radically in-the-moment paintings. Her biography, like his work, profoundly alters our perceptions, revealing how, from portraits to seascapes to water lilies, Monet painted out of love and endless fascination with what it feels like to be alive."
―Booklist, starred
"Wullschläger... bring[s] to life a man whose creative genius was inseparable from his flawed humanity. Even readers well-versed in Monet’s life story will learn something new from this thorough and original reappraisal."
―Publishers Weekly
UK PRAISE:
THE TIMES, THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TELEGRAPH, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, THE EVENING STANDARD and THE TABLET BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“Wullschläger writes magnificently … Years of looking, together with masses of original research, have yielded a richly detailed book that will be invaluable for years to come.”
―Sue Prideaux, Literary Review
“Magical… Usually when reviewing a big biography I feel relieved at the end. This time I felt bereft ... This is a book to be savoured like an orange candied in honey ... It's an intoxicating read.”
― Laura Freeman, The Times
“By delving deep into his correspondence and researching his life in detail, Wullschläger emerges with a strikingly different portrait of the artist. Passionate, edgy, prickly and unstable, her Monet, the unrecognisable Monet, is a powerful new character in art.
― Waldemar Januszcyck, Sunday Times
“Jackie Wullschläger's rich and detailed biography… Beautifully illustrated... has done Monet the service of turning him back into a rounded human being.”
―Christopher Bray, Mail on Sunday
“Enthralling ... A brutally clear-headed portrait of Monet, headstrong, headlong, ferociously ambitious, complete with all his foibles.”
―Michael Glover, Tablet
About the Author
JACKIE WULLSCHLÄGER is Chief Art Critic of the Financial Times. She is the author of the prizewinning Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller and Chagall: Life and Exile, which won the Spear's Biography of the Year Award, and was short-listed for the Costa Biography Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives in London.
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4.3 out of 5
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5.0 out of 5 stars More on Monet
A fine biography of the pioneering French painter, Claude Monet. To understand the works of Monet it definitely helps to know his immediate family's complicated history, his great friendships, as well as the turbulent times (two wars and the Dreyfus Affair) within which he lived his long and productive life.Anyone who a special interest in the Impressionists will certainly enjoy this book. As will any desiring to know more about the magical garden at Giverny.One observation of mine on fame: The politician and writer Georges Clemenceau, who was a close friend of Monet, was one of the most famous people in the world one hundred year ago, having led France to victory in WWI. I would bet that most present-day educated Americans could not place Clemenceau, while the name of the artist Monet would be immediately recognized.
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep, full picture of a genius
The Impressionist painter Claude Monet I knew from paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of art was upended by the reality of Giverny and other paintings I viewed in Paris. Giverny was the revelation that here lived and breathed a real person, capturing the sights and the feelings of his garden, pond, the life around him. In MONET by Jackie Wullschläger, I was introduced to the real man in all his messy, passionate, intensely creative and productive life. While the book is dense reading, it is also pleasurable in how real life is woven into the artistic creations -- there are the wives and muses, the battle for legitimacy in a rigid art world, and daring initiatives in his art and professional conduct described through the deep research and broader perspectives of life and culture, the world of Monet influencing his vision and paintings. As an art history buff, I deeply enjoyed this foray into a fascinating man living in a fascinating and tumultuous time. I received a copy of this book and these opinions are my own, unbiased thoughts.
5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid Monet Bio
A definitive and meticulously researched new bio of artist Claude Monet, the father of Impressionism, with notes, bibliography, index, and a host of black and white photos and illustrations. I only wish his work were in color, so we could see the splendor of his Impressionist paintings. Recommended!
4.0 out of 5 stars Like taking an art appreciation class
Monet:The Restless Vision is an in depth biography of the founder of Impressionism with a healthy dose of art appreciation included. My one regret was not taking an art appreciation class in college, so this helped fill a void for me. Those with a more in depth knowledge of art may not be as impressed.I was reading an ARC. Plates of his greatest works are referenced but were not included in the ARC. I can only hope the final book has them. They were small pictures of some works interspersed with the text, all in black and white. So, I consistently had to Google the paintings so I could compare what was being written with the actual work. Wullschlager does a good job describing the paintings and explaining their vision.I appreciated that Wullschlager gave the reader a strong feel for the times that Monet lived in, going far beyond what was happening in the art world. In fact, I have a better appreciation for how his colors and themes mirrored what was happening in both the world and his life.This is a well done blend of providing a portrait of the man with explanations of his art. He wasn’t always a likable person, at times overly narcissistic. As with so many artists, he overwhelms his family and friends with demands and expectations.My thanks to Netgalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage Books for an advance copy of this book.
2.0 out of 5 stars The text grows tedious
The author seems to be much more interested in Monet's life, particularly his romantic life, than in his work. I'm not, and as a result managed to make it through only about half the book, just skimming the rest. I also have no idea what the subtitle, "The Restless Vision," might have to do with anything. Maybe a publisher's suggestion, to make the book "sexier"? Monet doesn't need that. I'm now turning to a very large life-and- works volume about Monet that I got at the same time, and am hoping for better luck here.
4.0 out of 5 stars Impressionist lovers feast
I will start out by saying that biographies are not my favorite genre.I did however enjoy this book though I initially found it pretty dense.I did think this was a very factual and scholarly presentation of the life of Claude Monet. By the time I finished I really felt I knew him and understood his works much better.The photos greatly added to the experience.I especially enjoyed seeing Monet’s interactions with his fellow artists and Impressionists.Having recently visited Giverny and Monet’s home and gardens this was an especially poignant to me . I would highly recommend both experiences for all art lovers.
4.0 out of 5 stars Time to read MONET: THE RESLESS VISION.
MONET: THE RESTLESS VISION, the biography of Claude Monet is a joy to read. Monet’s life as an artist is portrayed by the author, Jackie Wullschlager. I am interested in reading about Monet's paintings, including those of he made of his wife, Camille, his caricatures, and his paintings of water lilies. The most interesting aspect of this biography, in my opinion, is the exploration of Monet's personal life and his relationship with his wives, Camille and Alice. Thank you, Knopf Pantheon Vintage and Anchor and NetGalley, for a chance to read and review an advance reader copy of MONET: THE RESTLESS VISION.
The definitive biography
A marvellous read
Sincere and brilliantly written/researched
This is a beautiful insight into the artist and is a sincere view without any cliche or stereotyping, you will enjoy this book for sure
A Masterpiece!
I really felt close to Monet while reading! So tirelessly researched; so many details. And so many other characters. Brilliant! I suspect that Jackie speaks French? Thank you for bringing such an important figure to our knowledge. He is the leader of Impressionism and fought for what he believed even before it was popular.
Stick with it
It is not an easy ready and the chronology was confusing but overall snd specially towards the end it gets more and more interesting
Interesting book
This was reviewed as beautifully written and a good read. In reality, my partner reports that it is very detailed, almost too much so. There is a lot about each painting, and the details of his life relationships. So, not an especially easy read. Iy might best be suited to someone with a developing lifelong and headline passion for Monet, the artist and Monet the man. He does not come across as particularly likeable, frequently squandering his resources and oscillating between his wealth and a rather poverty laden bohemian lifestyle
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