Visual Analysis Of Claude Monet

Claude Monet, one of the most famous painters during the impressionist movement, was born November 14, 1840 in Paris, France. When he was five years old he and his family moved to Normandy. Claude’s father was a businessman, who hoped he would join the family business when he grew up, and his mother was a singer. As a child, Monet did not enjoy being cooped up; he would much rather be outside, gazing at the beauty that was all around him. Although he did not enjoy being confined inside, he was an adequate student. As he grew into a pre-teen he began to love to draw, especially caricatures of town’s people that he saw daily. Despite his father’s wishes, Claude Monet decided he did not want to run the family business, he wanted to be an artist. (Biography.com, 2014) Later in life, Claude Monet attended Le Havre …show more content…
Art can come in many different forms, even light impressions of what a scene really looks like. I also believe that the artist is trying to convey that even the slightest change in light and color can completely change the way a painting looks. Some of the components of the artwork that appeal to me is the S pattern of the trees and how it leads your eyes all the way down the painting. As whole the entire series of Poplars appeals to me, the only thing I would change is the rare very blank spaces on a few of the canvases that appear occasionally. Another component that I think is very interesting is the alignment of the four trees in the front, to me they resemble bars on the door of a prison cell. Monet’s symbolism through the alignment of the trees is a bit ironic because the poplar tree represents freedom and prosperity. All in all, Claude Monet did an excellent job of capturing the poplar trees throughout different seasons. His dedication and persistency in his work is what formed him into one of the most iconic artists of his