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Catalogue >Fine Art >  Monographs >  In Monet's Light - Theodore Robinson at Giverny In Monet's Light - Theodore Robinson at Giverny Sona Johnston This book explores Theodore Robinson's (1854-96) paintings that he produced while he was at Giverny, France in the late 1880s and early 1890s. This volume is being published in conjunction with the an exhibition organised by The Baltimore Museum of Art. The exhibition will then travel to The Phoenix Museum of Art and The Wadsworth Atheneum. 224 pages / 229 x 292 mm / 145 colour illustrations / hardback / ISBN 0 85667 566 0 | Retail price £27.50  View sample pages in PDF format Online price: £19.00 / €28.50 Robinson was among a number of American painters who began to visit the small hamlet of Giverny on the Seine River where Claude Monet had settled in 1883. Working in this picturesque village from 1887 to 1892, Robinson adopted the master's vibrant palette and fresh brushwork. He also pursued Monet's rigorous practice of exploring subjects in series and, like his mentor, concentrated on recording aspects of the particular locale where he lived and worked. The book looks closely at American Impressionism through the lens of a single distinguished career and compares the American style to its French inspiration. The book shows how Robinson's close contact with Monet transformed his work, which had been firmly rooted in the American Realist tradition. The book shows how Robinson absorbed and translated Monet's working method, style and subject matter, and demonstrates how Robinson conveyed Impressionism to America. His individual accomplishments and his artistic exchange with Monet are examined by juxtaposing the American's French works with a small number of carefully selected examples by Monet. The book also draws on almost unique resources in the literature on American Impressionism - Robinson's 1892 article on Monet and his unpublished letters and journal entries. These documents, which animate the artistic relationship between the two men, will be utilized in the catalogue where the artists' own words will offer viewers a striking sense of immediacy. This volume is being published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art (17 October 2004 - 9 January 2005) and travelling to The Phoenix Museum of Art (5 February 2005 - 8 May 2005) and The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conneticut (4 June 2005 - 4 September 2005) . Sona Johnston, BMA Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, is curator of the exhibition and primary author of this publication. Paul Tucker, The Paul H. Tucker Distinguished Professor in Art at the University of Massuchusetts Boston, has contributed an essay.