Léon Monet. Brother of the artist and collector - Découvertes Gallimard Carnet d'expo

GK197985
Written in French.

Léon Monet (1836-1917), brother of Claude (1840-1926), was a colour chemist, industrialist and collector in Rouen and played a decisive role in the artist's career. In 1872, when Monet returned to Le Havre to paint Impression, Sunrise, Léon founded the Société industrielle de Rouen...
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Characteristics

Number of illustrations
36
Artists
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Claude Monet (1840-1926), Anonymous, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Dimensions
12,5 x 17,5 x 1,2 cm
Art movement
Impressionism
Reference
GK197985
EAN
9782073020437
Matière de l'article
Paper
Size of the book
Paperback with flap
Editor
RMNGP + GALLIMARD
Diffusor
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Distributor
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Conservation museum
Paris - Musée du Luxembourg

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Renoir is one of the main representatives of the impressionist movement whose paintings are composed of touches of colour, set in small commas, where black and line do not exist. During this period, he painted scenes from modern popular and social life, portraits, landscapes. From 1880, Renoir began to change the way he painted. He stands out from the impressionists; his style becomes more classical.