Claude Monet And Pierre Auguste Renoir

During his ‘Dutch’ period, Van Gogh’s subject matter was primarily focused on the lifestyle of the poor and the bible (Dubecky). In his ‘French’ period, Van Gogh had begun to shift his focus to drawing nude figures and portraits. Monet, conversely, liked to paint his subject matters in series. He would paint “the same subject at different times of the day in different lights” (Brown 1536). Some series that he painted included water lilies, bridges, and haystacks. Something that Van Gogh and Monet both really took passion in is basing their art on their life experiences. They both painted their surroundings such as landscapes, seascapes, and people around them. Van Gogh would also draw still lifes of food and would paint paintings based on his emotions during his recovered bouts of mental illness.

Claude Monet is one of the most familiar and best loved of all Western artists. His images of poppy fields, poplar trees, water lilies and elegant ladies in blossoming gardens are familiar to people who have never seen the original paintings and may never have visited an art gallery. Monet's works have won a place in the affection of the general public that seems almost without parallel. (Rachman, 4) In the decades since his death in 1926, Monet's work has been intensely studied by a variety of art critics. However, none of his works have been as deeply studied as those done in Giverny, in the early twentieth century. During this time Monet's paintings, which focused on specific subject matter from various viewpoints,

Monet's painting Sunrise displays vivid color, which is commonly used among impressionists. The painting is of the sun rising over the lake, over looking the bay and the boats within. "Sunrise is a patently a seascape; but the painting says more about how one sees than about what one sees. It transcribes the fleeting effects of light and the changing atmosphere of water and air into a tissue of small dots and streaks of color-the elements of pure perception" (Fiero 114). This painting is typical of its style because it captures light at that moment. The sun is rising and its color is projected to everything in its path. Monet seems to capture this

“Primitivism” was a cultural attitude that arose in Europe during the late 19th and 20th century in opposition to the increasingly decadent and materialistic European culture. Rather than an artistic movement, “primitivism” is a European conception of foreign civilizations and lands as “simple”, less developed, and naive. This is an important distinction to make, because “primitivism” was defined in the eyes of the Europeans who saw foreign civilizations as unsophisticated, indicating that the concept of “primitivism” is heavily biased in the view of the Europeans. Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse were two artists that were highly influenced by the concept of “primitivism,” and some similarity can be depicted in their works such as the use of female nudes, vivid colors, and artistic techniques. However, their definition and methods of achieving “primitivism” differ heavily, due to the fact that the vagueness of “primitivism” allows it to be a self-defined concept. These similarities and differences can be seen through the two works of art The Spirit of the Dead Watching by Paul Gauguin, and The Blue Nude by Henri Matisse, and the way they depict women in each of the pieces.

Claude Monet's Grainstack (Sunset) is the painting I chose from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Monet was an impressionist painter in France, and did most of his work at his home at Giverny. Impressionism got its name from a painting that Monet painted, Impression Sunrise. Impressionist paintings are put into a category based on characteristics such as light that draws attention to objects, rough textures, and visual pleasure that the viewer receives upon looking at the paintings. Impressionist paintings are art for arts sake and focus on leisure and nature. These paintings are generally the most well known and popular paintings because of their attractive appearance.

French history is filled with an amazing culture that consists of beautiful architecture and delicious food. One aspect of French culture that stands out is its Art. Among the famous artists that have contributed over the years, one artists name stands out among the rest, Claude Monet. Claude Monet is known for being one of the influential artists to introduce impressionism. In a style not previously before painted, impressionism depicted a landscape or scene by creating illusion through the use of shading and coloring. Traditional painting was produced in an art studio, but impressionism was a unique. It allowed the artist to shed the use of a studio and step out into nature. Monet and other famous artists launched this new style of art that challenged traditional painting and would forever change French culture and influence art for many years to come.

His audience especially supported him on his road to fame in the late 1880’s and 90’s after his waterlilies series of artworks. During an exhibition in 1874 critics viewed Claude’s work ‘Impression Sunrise’ and dubbed painters who do such artworks as ‘Impressionists’. This was intended to be insulting as the critics thought the works to be more like unfinished drafts rather than a complete artwork. Claude on the other hand quite liked the term and embraced it fully as it fit his style quite well. During his lifetime Claude’s works were displayed in the Salon and by the Société Anonyme des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs in Impression Exhibitions. Currently, his works are displayed all over the world with most in Paris but many others in Britain, the USA and other European

b. this meant that the lightest colors would be the first ones put onto the canvas and the darker colors would be worked towards. 2. The most famous examples monet has of using this technique include water or lillies; two of his subjects that were painted often. a. Impression: Sunrise(4) b. Water Lily Pond(4) c. Water Lilies (4) B. Brush strokes that were used in variation and depth also created a unique form to Monet’s paintings.

Renoir worked with artists like Monet to create the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. For years, he traveled to see new impressionist paintings on display. The impressionist style, consisting of less details and more of an artist’s first “impression” of a subject, later became Renoir’s most beloved artistic method. By the end of the 1870s, Renoir was a renowned and esteemed artist. In his career, he developed his own unique style which fused his original sunny, optimistic outlook with bold, contrasting lines. He used these methods on some of his most famous pieces, most of which are of nude woman

In the year of 1840 little did France, let alone the world, know that it was a year to be put in the history books. On this beautiful year a man of great recognition in the art world was born. The founding father of Impressionism, Claude Monet. He had been a painter of a new style. One of his paintings titled “Across the Meadow” was simply one of the art pieces among a multitude of other phenomenal impressionist works he had completed.

Claude Monet was a guy that was born on November 14, 1840. He was in a famous place that many of us know as Paris, France (Beard, 2015). Monet might have been in Paris, but he grew up in Normandy coast (Beard,2015). Claude was the oldest son of Adolphe Monet. When he was five years old his dad took over a sip-chandlering and grocery business (William,2016). Monet as a child spent a lot of time along the beach. He was able to study the movement of the sea very well and his love for nature. His first painting that he sold was when he was 15. That painting was one of the ones he sketched with pencil of sailing ships (William,2016). He was guy that was known for his paintings by age sixteen. His aunt was also amateur painter and help him with his paintings with suggestions. The paintings that he was known for was for the series of caricatures of local personalities (Beard,2015). This is what had gotten his reputation up at age sixteen which to me is any early age to be a popular painter. Then as things went on he meets a guy named Eugene Boudin who was a marine painter (Beard, 2015). This artist let Monet to be able to see what air painting was like. It let him be able to change his views on painting to get a different perspective from this guy who teaching something new to him. After Monet learned about air painting it lead him on

Van Gogh stares at guests with such solemn eyes that seem to be all colors at once. Claude Monet takes you to the French country side that are covered in swaying pastures of yellow wildflowers and haystacks. The relaxed posed of Renoir’s nude female models shows the realistic ideas the impressionism artists had for the future of art. They painted the true colors of the world around them and present them to us as we pass through the hallways. There is a muffled quietness in the exhibit as everyone observes the sound the paintings reflect as though trying to here the gentle breeze in Monet’s painting of water lilies. Everyone gathers to gaze at George Seurat’s meticulous work that covers an expansive wall which barely contains the impressive effort. Cameras flash trying to capture the unique and awe-inspiring talent and dedication that made Seurat famous but none are able. No one can truly capture the detail and dedication that all artists put into their work through photos, you have to stand right in front of it to come

The Art Story Foundation (ASF) (2015) discusses Claude Monet (1840-1926) as one of the leaders of French Impressionism of the late nineteenth century. With Edouard Manet (1832-1883) as an inspiration, Monet developed his own distinctive style in the 1860s. He blurred the clarity of forms and linear perspective with bold colors emphasizing on qualities of light and atmosphere going against traditional artistic precision.

On November 14th, Claude Monet was born in Paris, France. His parents took him back to their home in Le Havre, a commercial-maritime city widely known for many cliffs, open seas, and wonderful sunsets that made an everlasting impression on Monet that would forever show up in his work. His father’s

Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840 and would become known as one of France’s famous painters. Monet is often attributed with being the leading figure of the style of impressionism; but this was not always the case. Monet started out his career as a caricaturist, showing great skill. Eventually “Monet began to accompany [Eugène] Boudin as the older artist . . . worked outdoors, . . . this “truthful” painting, Monet later claimed, had determined his path as an artist.” Monet’s goal took off as his popularity grew in the mid 1870s after he switched from figure painting to the landscape impressionist style. William Seitz supports this statement through his quote, “The landscapes Monet painted at Argenteuil between 1872 and 1877 are