Claude Monet

Monet Shrine: A Look Behind the Scenes Claude Oscar Monet was an artist that captured the beauty of nature all around him and could leave you stunned by his end products. Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte. He later passed at the age of 86 years old on December 5,1926, from lung cancer. Monet began his young education at the secondary school of arts. Monet was mentored by Eugene Boudin, who taught him how to use oil paints and techniques on how…

remained poor and unknown throughout his life as an artist. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” There is another artist that paints like Van Gogh and his name is Oscar Claude Monet. One way that…

that focuses around how light in nature falls onto surfaces. Many people say that impressionism is about the present. The use of various light sources help to show this. This art movement started in France, and included famous painters such as: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, and Paul Cezanne. So what was the purpose of impressionism? What did it do? Impressionism changed the Western idea of landscape painting. It was changed from idealistic ideas of distant…

near the end, realism and naturalism gained popularity among artists and which is was symbolism. Symbolism was used to promote more spiritual art, going against the scientific advancements and Darwin theory. The Impressionistic movement was led by Claude Monet in the late nineteenth century. Impressionism involved blurred colors and imprecise shapes within the image, leading to the belief of some that the work was incomplete…

Instead of painting each flower within the grass with intricate detail, Monet just gives us the gesture of flowers by painting small brush strokes in a variety of colors. The clouds are well done and demonstrate impressionism at its finest, especially on the left side. On the left side of this painting, the obvious rough brush…

art. At this time, I’m proud to say, there are many paintings by Adrian R. hanging in several cities across the U.S. I, as ‘Adrian R.’ have sold more paintings in my lifetime than Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh together sold in their lifetime. (Vincent Van Gough sold ONE painting during his lifetime: Claude Monet sold NO paintings during his lifetime … All their works were recognized and sold after their death.) Woe is me! My inventory is in excess of 500 paintings, a few of which have…

Have you ever been to Hawaii? Have you ever been to France? Would you rather go to Hawaii or go to France? Hawaii and France are very different but they are similar in many ways as well. For example Hawaii and France are different because Hawaii is a state but France is a country. They are similar because their both one of the most popular places to visit. Hawaii is made up of 8 islands: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe, Niihau, and the Hawaiian island. Hawaii is famous for its…

Vincent van Gogh was born as Vincent Willem van Gogh on March 30 in 1853 in groot- Zundert, Netherlands. His mother, Anna had inspired van Gogh because she was a moody artist and she loves nature and drawing she had passed her love for the arts on to her son, but his father had nothing to do with the arts he was a country miner. Van Gogh’s education was at royal academy of fine art for one year in 1886 and then at Willem II collage from 1886 to 1888, he was a post-impressionist painter, his…

contribute culturally to the world around them. Without individualism the world would not have works of art from talented artists such as Monet. Monet was a pioneer of his time in Impressionism and philosophy ("Biography of Claude Oscar Monet"). Because he was on the forefront of his fields, Monet was often criticized during his time. However, despite critics, Monet was not prohibited from continuing his work. Freedom of thought led to some of the most iconic paintings of our time such as…

For my paper, I decided that I wanted to focus on artistic movements in paintings. During my time in Paris, I saw an array of artwork whether it was sculptures, photography, paintings, drawings, etc. I went to a couple of museums and saw pieces of work that fit into all of those artistic categories. As a viewer, you could see the difference between French artwork compared to African or Asian artwork. In this essay, I am going to compare and contrast 6 paintings from the french impressionism…