As a recognized art historian and critic, Philippe Piguet is one of the leading specialists and most knowledgeable experts on Claude Monet’s work. He holds degrees in modern literature, history, art history, and archaeology from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, as well as in museology from the École du Louvre. He later taught art history and contributed to numerous specialist journals and magazines. He is also the author of texts and exhibition catalogs on the Impressionist period, as well as on contemporary art as it has developed since the 1960s.