{"product_id":"monets-trees-ralph-skea-9780500239407","title":"Monet's Trees: Paintings and Drawings by Claude Monet","description":"\"I perhaps owe it to flowers,\" wrote Claude Monet (1840-1926), \"that I became a painter.\" His fascination with trees, while perhaps of equal intensity, is less well-documented. One of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement and perhaps the most celebrated landscape painter of his age, Monet dedicated his life to capturing the subtleties of the natural world. Trees--willows enveloped in the eerie mists of the Seine, palm trees beneath the bright Mediterranean sun, poplars heavily laden with snow--became a significant motif in his work, and he used them to experiment with an extraordinary variety of tones and colors. Ralph Skea explores Monet's depictions of trees across more than seventy works, including finished oil paintings and more fleeting sketches in oil, pastel, and pencil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book is divided into five main chapters, each focusing on a different theme: Monet's earliest drawings and paintings of trees; his atmospheric use of rivers and coastlines from England to Italy; the fields, farmlands, and orchards of France; parks and gardens in both the city and the countryside; and his muted depictions of trees in winter. Skea's introduction draws together these threads, putting them in the context of Monet's \u003cem\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/em\u003e as a whole and tracing his artistic development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Skea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0500239401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500239407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Ralph Skea","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076058968319,"sku":"9780500239407","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b587d0d-ba6c-44fb-baf4-6aad0f28d318.jpg?v=1685462942","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monets-trees-ralph-skea-9780500239407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}