"Offers fresh insights into the life of one history's most talented and complicated artists. The elegant and useful book is supplemented by a worthwhile bibliography of the writings about Monet". -- Virginia Quarterly Review

"Distinguished Monet scholar Paul Hayes Tucker ... (provides) critical examination of the work and reputation of the master of Giverny. Combining an analysis of the social context in which Monet worked with close examinations of the paintings, Mr. Tucker ... challenges the long-standing formalist interpretation of Monet's work". -- Mignon Nixon, New York Times Book Review

"An eloquent example of how our understanding of Impressionism has been deepened in recent years". -- Richard Thomson, Times Literary Supplement