New Reader’s Digest Desk Diary

New Reader’s Digest Desk Diary Claude Monet painting on cover Path in Ike-St.-Martin Vetheuil 1881 Oil on canvas Picture from the Corporate Art Collection, the Reader’s Digest Association 7 1/2” top to bottom 5 1/2” side to side Each month has 4 pages of days 3/4” inch in between each day to write several appointments Pictures depicting that month are in top of each page Some pages have pictures if that month in bottom of pages Can be used for any year In 1859 Monet moved to Paris and in the next few years befriended Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley, artists with whom he would found the Impressionist movement One of the hallmarks of Impressionism was it’s dedication to painting outdoors, directly from nature In 1880 Monet painted several views of this forks and narrow footpath at Vetheuil, on the Seine outside Paris, exploring the subtle variations wrought by the transitory effect of sunlight on the beautiful French countryside Lovely gift Always been in our clean home since purchased new