PARIS, France — Claude Monet created some of the most famous paintings of the Impressionist movement in the late 19th century. "Impressionists were the first to go outside to paint. They came ...

Monet at work in his large studio, 1910. From "Mad Enchantment," by Ross King.(Getty) Mad Enchantment sounds like an oxymoron, but it fairly summarizes historian Ross King's depiction of the pain ...

Claude Monet, The Church at Vétheuil, 1880, oil on canvas, Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire, UK, image: The Bridgeman Art Library Southampton City Art Gallery ...

PARIS, France — Claude Monet created some of the most famous paintings of the Impressionist movement in the late 19th century. "Impressionists were the first to go outside to paint. They came ...