Gerdts, William. Monet's Giverny: An Impressionist Colony.
New York: Abbeville, 1993. [Chronicles the many artists who
came to Giverny at the turn of the century to learn and practice
impressionism. Features many of the works shown at the American
Museum in Giverny].
Herbert, Robert. Monet on the Normandy Coast: Tourism and Painting,
1867-1886. New Haven: Yale, 1994.
House, John. Monet's Nature Into Art. New Haven: Yale, 1986.
Impressions of Giverny and Monet's World. Photographs and Text by
Charles Wechler. New York: Abrams, 1990.
Joyes, Claire. Claude Monet: Life at Giverny. New York: Vendome,
1985.
___. Monet's Table: the Cooking Journals of Claude Monet.
Translated by Josephine Bacon. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1989. [Focuses on daily life in the Monet household and includes
many photos of the home and garden. Recipes are given for some of
Monet's favorite dishes].
Lallemand, Henri. Monet: Impressions of Light. New York: Smith
Mark, 1994.
Levine, Steven Z. Monet, Narcissus, and Self-Reflection: The
Modernist Myth of Self. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1994.
Orr, Lynn Federle and others. Monet: Late Paintings from Giverny
From the Musee Marmottan. New York: Abrams, 1994.
Patin, Sylvie. Monet: The Ultimate Impressionist. New York:
Abrams, 1993.
Spate, Virgina. Claude Monet: Life and Work. New York: Rizzoli,
1992.
Stuckey, Charles. Claude Monet: 1840-1926. London: Thames and
Hudson, 1995.
___. , ed. Monet: Waterlilies. New York: Park Lane, 1991.
Taylor, John. The Life and Art of Claude Monet. New York:
Crescent Books, 1995.
Thomas, Dennis. Monet on Location. Edison[N.J.]: Chartwell,
1994. [Monet's paintings organized by the location they
portray].
Tucker, Paul. Monet in the 90s: The Series Paintings. Boston:
Museum of Fine Arts, 1989.
___. Claude Monet. New Haven: Yale, 1995.
Part II: Fiction about Claude Monet
Figes, Eva. Light. New York: Pantheon, 1983. [novel about one
day in the life of Claude Monet].
Part III: Monet's Gardens and Home
Murray, Elizabeth. Monet's Passion: Ideas, Inspirations and Insights
from the Painter's Garden. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 1989.
Russell, Virginia. Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny.
New York: Tabori and Chang, 1995.
Van Der Kemp. Gerald. A Visit to Giverny. Versailles: Editions
Lys, 1994.
Part IV: Children's books about Monet
Bjork, Christina and Lena Anderson. Linnea in Monet's Garden.
Stockholm: R & S, 1984. [sold separately are a Linnea doll,
greeting cards featuring some of the pictures in the book,
and a poster of Christina and Lena on the Japanese Bridge
- cards and poster from Portals. A video version of the
story is also available from First Run Features for $20.95.
It runs 30 minutes, and won the best animated film in the
1993 New England Children's Film Festival. First Run features
1-800-220-8575; 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014].
Le Tord, Bijou. A Blue Butterfly: A Story About Claude Monet.
New York: Bantam, 1995.
Part V: Videos about Monet and the Garden
Monet: Legacy of Light. Distributed by Home Vision, Chicago, Il.
27 minutes, $29,95, stereo Hi-Fi, closed captioned.
Produced by WGBH, Malone Gill Productions, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston.
See the video listed above with Linnea in Monet's Garden.
