About this book

This fully illustrated book offers an in depth analysis of Monet’s **panels of the Musée de l’Orangerie**, their significance in the history of art, and how the overarching **theme of colour - and the motif of light** - played a part in the Impressionist movement. Suggesting **new ideas on the effects of Monet’s failing eyesight** in his later years, this short text examines how important *Colour in Impressionism* really was.