Claude Monet

Pissarro went through some hard times such as having his family life be affected by the Franco Prussian War of 1870-71. He was able to bounce back and was able to get back in contact with his artist friends Cezanne, Monet, and Eduoard Manet just to name a few. Pissarro along with 15 artists formed a group with the goal of forming an alternative to the Salon. Although they did get together and held many exhibitions over many years, they began to drift apart. Pissarro…

The four painters I am choosing to discuss are: Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh. Claude Monet was a famous French painter born on November 14, 1840(“Claude Monet”). His painting style centered more on light and form than realism, and was called impressionism. Monet showed an interest in drawing at an early age. He drew caricatures of his teachers. Eugene Boudin introduced him to painting outdoors which contributed greatly in Monet’s work. He was known…

Humans are complex beings that are always trying to progress onward, whether it would be through physical strength or through self-expression. To be human, there is a craving for something more and something that can move themselves from where they are to elsewhere. They can move forward, to the left or the right. They also could go up or diagonally, taking any and all chance they can to keep moving. The fact is they must use what they have learned from those before them to progress on. They…

detail. Artists were concerned with the fine finishing and details of the subjects they painted. Salons had conservative juries who screened and approved artwork that could be displayed for the public. In Paris, artists like Édouard Manet and Claude Monet would begin to challenge the status quo of art during the1860s. They influenced art in a movement that would be called impressionism. Impressionist wanted to capture the changes in the atmosphere, the passing of time and changes in the…

The Seine is often portrayed as a peaceful place, primarily by Renoir’s contemporary Impressionists like Claude Monet. The French impressionists often painted the Seine as a sanctitude of nature. However, the Seine has often historically been illustrated in quite a contrasting way. Many depicted the urban part of this river, including buildings, bridges, boats…

Monet 's collection of Japanese woodblock prints seems almost out of place, but upon entering the gardens you see expounding Japanese influence. One can plainly see that the use of a single color in many shades and the lack of overt, or obvious, detail…

The artwork The Parc Monceau made in 1878 by Claude Monet is an oil on canvas painting. The painting is 28 5/8 inches horizontally by 21 3/8 inches vertically. I discovered this piece of art online through the Metropolitan Museum of Art website located in New York, New York, along with many other of his art pieces, but this one I appreciated the most. The Parc Monceau is a representational and figurative painting because it depicts scenery we see in real life as well as people just slightly…

Impressionist artist named Claude Monet. His “Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (Sunlight)” has so much history and geniuses behind it. Monet made twenty-four of the same painting at different times of the day. Monet loved to paint in the moment and he went to a room each day and painted the Cathedral. Monet was studying light affects on color and how it could change the look of the building. He had a quick brush stroke pattern, because he wanted to capture the moments fast. Monet played a key…

During the 19th and 20th centuries, there were various distinct art movements in Europe. During the 1870s, the impressionist art movement came to life. Artists such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Gustave Caillebotte were all part of this movement. Following, was the expressionist art movement which took place during the beginning of the 1900s. This was a time of emotional and spiritual vision of the world through paintings. Toward the end of the era came cubism, also around the early 1900s.…

French impressionist movement was Claude Monet. Impressionists depict in their art what they see and feel at that very moment. It is a painting style that concentrates on the general impression made by a scene or an object. The main reason Monet’s The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881 attracted my attention is because I have a great fondness for flowers and gardens. The painting is of Monet's own house and garden during his time at Vetheuil from the early 1880's. Monet rejected the traditional…