A rainbow-hue Claude Monet painting of a “Grainstack” in a field at sunset sold for $81.4 million at Christie’s on Wednesday, a record price for the artist at auction. The 1890-91 ...

Fourteen years. That’s how long famed Denver stock picker Tom Marsico owned Claude Monet’s pink-and-purple painting of a “Grainstack,” having bought it around 2002 when it was worth ...

In 1912, Monet’s exalted eyes came under threat when he began developing cataracts; a medical consultation found that the lenses of his eyes were clouding, blocking the light as it passed through.

Claude Monet, the founder of Impressionism, revolutionized 19th-century art with his bold use of pure, vibrant colors and his focus on capturing light and scenes of modern life.

Art Bites: Why the Impressionists Went Gaga for Purple The invention of a true purple pigment took the art world by storm. Claude Monet, Waterloo Bridge, effet de brouillard (1899–1903).

Serres explained: “Monet uses purple in almost all of the London paintings, sometimes dark and sometimes pale. His rendering of light can be best appreciated when you see the pictures side by ...

Auction house Christies sold Grainstack (Sunset) for $81,447,500 in 2016 to an anonymous buyer, while another in the series painted by Monet reached $110,747,000 in 2019 at Sotherby’s to become ...

Art & Exhibitions Monet’s Obsessive Paintings of the Thames Reunited in London for the First Time in 120 Years. A once-in-a-lifetime exhibition is on view now at the Courtauld in London.

But at Giverny, Monet made the subjects of his paintings. By placing the flower beds just so and shaping the paths in pleasing curves, Monet built his canvases first in flowers, then in paint.

Claude Monet (1840-1926) said that he was good for two things in life, “Painting and gardening,” and declared his garden “My one and only masterpiece.” ...

Art World Art Bites: How Women Shaped Monet’s Artistic Journey. The women in Monet's life provided essential inspiration, creative collaboration, and practical support.