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Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2010; vuoden 2011 painos)

Tekijä: Stephanie Cowell (Tekijä)

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:A vividly-rendered portrait of both the rise of Impressionism and of the artist at the center of the movement, Claude and Camille is above all a love story of the highest romantic order.
In the mid-nineteenth century, a young man named Claude Monet decided that he would rather endure a difficult life painting landscapes than take over his father??s nautical supplies business in a French seaside town. Against his father??s will, and with nothing but a dream and an insatiable urge to create a new style of art that repudiated the Classical Realism of the time, he set off for Paris.
 
But once there he is confronted with obstacles: an art world that refused to validate his style, extreme poverty, and a war that led him away from his home and friends. But there were bright spots as well: his deep, enduring friendships with men named Renoir, Cézanne, Pissarro, Manet??a group that together would come to be known as the Impressionists, and that supported each other through the difficult years. Even more illuminating was his lifelong love, Camille Doncieux, a beautiful, upper-class Parisian girl who threw away her privileged life to be by the side of the defiant painter and embrace the lively Bohemian life of their time.
 
His muse, his best friend, his passionate lover, and the mother to his two children, Camille stayed with Monet??and believed in his work??even as they lived in wretched rooms and often suffered the indignities of destitution. But Camille had her own demons??secrets that Monet could never penetrate??including one that when eventually revealed would pain him so deeply that he would never fully r
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Teoksen nimi:Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet
Kirjailijat:Stephanie Cowell (Tekijä)
Info:Broadway Books (2011), Edition: Reprint, 340 pages
Kokoelmat:Adult Fiction
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Avainsanoja:Claude Monet, romance, artists, impressionists

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As the title implies , the heart of this novel is the love story between Monet & Camille. And on that level it works very well. It is a really sweet love story. But there's more to this novel than just the love story. It also tells in harrowing detail, the financial struggles such now famous artists, as Monet, Renoir, Manet, Degas and others, had to go through before they became the renowned artist they are today. And what's so uplifting about the story is the way in which they all supported each other throughout the difficult times. They were rivals looking for the few commissions to be had, and yet they stuck together through it all. In many ways, their individual fame and success was a group effort. ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
In the love story, ‘Claude and Camille, the author Stephanie Cowell depicts the lives of Claude Monet and his muse Camille Doncieux in this historical fiction novel. Monet first met Camille as a young woman when he caught a glimpse of her working at her uncle’s bookshop. Thus began a relationship that would span the rest of Camille’s life, when she abandoned a wealthy lifestyle to live in abject poverty at times with her lover Monet.
This novel almost read like a ‘Who’s Who’ of famous Impressionist artists, as it frequently mentioned Monet’s friendships with such artists as Manet, Cézanne, Renoir, Pissarro, and Bazille. I was amazed at how these struggling artists would support each other both emotionally and financially, as they struggled to subsist with their families, not yet reaching their pinnacle of success in the art world.
I was also struck by Monet’s commitment to his art, even in the face of destitution at times. He was uncompromising, never abandoning his ambition to paint, even when poverty struck. I am amazed that Monet sacrificed so much to establish himself through his art, when recently one of his paintings of the ‘Haystacks’ series sold at Sotheby’s for $110.7, and he is known the world over today.
If you love the Impressionist period as I do, I would highly recommend this novel, as it brings to life some of the enchanting paintings of Monet which I’ve had the pleasure to view in museums around the world. ( )
  haymaai | Sep 7, 2019 |
After reading Claude & Camille - A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell, I've decided Monet was a detestable fellow and a sponge on all who knew him. There, I've said it!

Reading a fictionalised account of the life of a favourite artist is a risk and unfortunately it didn't pay off for me this time. I will continue to admire Monet's artwork but this insight into the man revealed an unlikeable artist who repeatedly made decisions that infuriated me.

Of course I knew he and his first wife Camille lived in poverty, but I didn't realise how proud he was, how he was constantly in denial about his mounting debts and often ran away to escape them. During periods of greatest financial need, he was often too upset or worried to paint; his only source of income.

The frequent mention of impressionist artists was to be expected and Renoir, Bazille, Sisley, Degas, Cezanne and Pissarro all feature in Monet's life.

While I didn't like Claude Monet and therefore wasn't terribly interested in his life, this is not a reflection of the author's writing. Stephanie Cowell has done a great job bringing Monet's story to life and her detailed research shines through. ( )
  Carpe_Librum | Feb 28, 2019 |
Claude & Camille: a novel of Monet. Stephanie Cowell. 2011. This is a great fictionalize biography Monet and his model, lover, and wife, Camille. I love reading about the Impressionists! There is an impressive bibliography at the end of the book which always pleases me, I don’t feel like I have “cheated” by reading a novel instead of a real biography! It is fascinating to read about the struggles of Monet and the other artists as they fight for acceptance and fame. Even more interesting to me was the personal lives of these painters and their families. This makes me want to re-read The Private Lives of the Impressionists. I loved it! ( )
  judithrs | Jun 6, 2016 |
Claude and Camille - S. Cowell
audio performance by Christopher Cazenove
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I think this might be ‘speculative’ historical fiction. It is a highly romanticized story of the relationship between Claude Monet and Camille Doncieux. First and always, Camille was Monet’s model and his muse. She was also his lover and finally his wife. Cowell presents the relationship as one of high passion and tragedy. Tragedy develops from the extreme poverty of the painter’s early career, Camille’s recurring mental illness, and her early death. It’s an operatic story. The pages turned easily. I enjoyed the sense of artistic camaraderie that existed between the young ‘impressionists’. They seemed to have so much fun being poor and unknown.
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:A vividly-rendered portrait of both the rise of Impressionism and of the artist at the center of the movement, Claude and Camille is above all a love story of the highest romantic order.
In the mid-nineteenth century, a young man named Claude Monet decided that he would rather endure a difficult life painting landscapes than take over his father??s nautical supplies business in a French seaside town. Against his father??s will, and with nothing but a dream and an insatiable urge to create a new style of art that repudiated the Classical Realism of the time, he set off for Paris.
 
But once there he is confronted with obstacles: an art world that refused to validate his style, extreme poverty, and a war that led him away from his home and friends. But there were bright spots as well: his deep, enduring friendships with men named Renoir, Cézanne, Pissarro, Manet??a group that together would come to be known as the Impressionists, and that supported each other through the difficult years. Even more illuminating was his lifelong love, Camille Doncieux, a beautiful, upper-class Parisian girl who threw away her privileged life to be by the side of the defiant painter and embrace the lively Bohemian life of their time.
 
His muse, his best friend, his passionate lover, and the mother to his two children, Camille stayed with Monet??and believed in his work??even as they lived in wretched rooms and often suffered the indignities of destitution. But Camille had her own demons??secrets that Monet could never penetrate??including one that when eventually revealed would pain him so deeply that he would never fully r

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