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Claude Monet

Ann Sumner

9781789507188
96 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview

Beautifully presented introduction to the work of the great Impressionist artist.

The descriptions of style and technique will inspire readers to try painting for themselves.

Author Bio
Ann Sumner is the Head of Cultural Engagement at the University of Leeds. She is a former director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham and the first director of the Birmingham Museums Trust. She was previously Head of Fine Arts at the National Museum Wales and held curatorial positions at the National Portrait Gallery, the Whitworth Art Gallery and Dulwich Picture Gallery. Her specialist areas include 19th-century French painting and 18th-century British portraiture and landscape painting. Ann is the author or co-author of numerous titles, including Sisley in England and Wales (with Christopher Riopelle) and Color and Light: Fifty Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Works at the National Museum of Wales.