Monet's garden

"This garden is my most beautiful masterpiece."
──Claude. Claude Monet (1840-1926)──
 
It is written by Kai Jie, winner of the Flanders Illustration Picture Book Award and the German White Crow Award. Kaatje Vermeire
An art picture book co-created and supervised by Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands
Nominated works for the 2021 German Youth Literature Award
 
Water, light, shadow, color... I have so much inspiration for painting in my life.
The most representative painter of Impressionism, Claude. Monet,
He created a garden in Giverny that became his life.
 
This book condenses many important moments in the life of the Impressionist painting master Monet.
I was inspired by nature and the sea when I was young and embarked on the road of painting.
He broke away from the confinement of academic painting style, started sketching from nature, and got to know his beloved Camille.
Later, Camille died of illness, and at the same time, she fell into the winter trough of her life due to financial difficulties.
And moved to the small town of Giverny with his former sponsor's wife Alice.
Since then, I decided to settle here and created an ideal garden bit by bit.
Finally, despite suffering from cataracts, he realized his dream.

Kaijie. Vermeer used collage, hand-painted, and digital synthesis techniques to create
Every picture in the book is presented as beautiful and moving as art.
Through a concise and poetic first-person narrative,
I want to pay tribute to this master of impressionist painting through his wonderful life.