This book, originally published to coincide with the blockbuster exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995--the most comprehensive retrospective ever assembled of Monet's work--features 161 masterpieces by Monet drawn from public and private collections all over the world, along with an extensive, month-by-month chronology which examines the artist's life and career in absorbing detail. 278 illustrations, 226 in color.
