Monet Essays

Born in 1840, Claude Monet began to show promise in the arts as a young boy. Although discouraged by his father, Monet made enough money to support himself through art school by selling caricatures. At the age of 15, Monet’s name, amongst the people, became well known for his talent. Although he never finished school, he established himself and initially chose to concentrate his paintings on still life. His first large work, “Dejeuner sur l’herbe”, however, would not depict the scenes for which he would later be known; for example, his landscapes and sights from his garden at Givenchy. He started painting scenery as a result of the influence of a co-worker named Boudin. While at Givenchy, Monet is captivated by his garden. He spends the remainder of his life there and paints his Japanese footbridge a great many number of times.

At the beginning of 1907, Picasso began a painting, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" ("The Young Women of Avignon") that would become arguably the most important of the century. In some of the preliminary sketches there was a man with a skull, probably a medical student, maybe inspecting a prostitute for syphilis. His use of color Muted palette, influenced by Cezanne and his Blue and Rose .The painting began as a narrative brothel scene, with five

By the time he was seventeen, Monet was already making money from his work and had won a local reputation as a caricaturist. Skillful and amusing, his caricatures were displayed in the window of a local frame maker, Monsieur Gravier, where they drew crowds of appreciative viewers. Gravier also displayed paintings by the landscape painter Eugene Boudin, who was an old friend of his. Monet's development of friendship and informal tutelage of Boudin proved to be formative for Monet's future direction as a landscape painter. (Gordon, 38)

In Paris in the late 19th century (1874-1882), several artists who called themselves the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc. organized an exhibit that launched the movement called Impressionism. These artists, such as Eduoard Manet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Mary Cassatt, sparked worldwide following and revolutionized Western conceptions of painting. Appearing to other artists to be a group, these independent painters with quite diverse artistic approaches, were only unified in their rejection by the official annual Salon (the Académie des Beaux-Arts which is a French academic organization that

In early 19th century, the French government controlled the academies and salons of paintings. The impressionism took place in second half of 19th century, which was results of French artists rejecting the traditional government sanctioned academic painting that was dominating their arts at the time. The first independent art exhibition was held in 1874 for one month. Few of the famous artists’ who participated and help organize this exhibition was Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Pierre-Auguste Renior, Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro along with 25 other artists. They displayed approximately 165 paintings during this exhibit. This group of artists referred themselves as

More than 45,000 of his works were discovered in his home in Paris. Picasso’s work was discovered to critics when a selection from the collection was exhibited in Paris in 1979. Reviews varied from “stunning” and “overwhelming” to “enough masterpieces for six great painters,” but the highest glory was kept for the sculptures. In more than 75 years of his long career, Pablo Picasso developed or opened the gates to most of the major styles of the 20th century.

My event was the Dallas Museum of Art; “The Lens of Impressionism,” photography and painting along the Normandy coast 1850-1874. I went on Sunday, February 21, 2010. The class studied this era in Chapter 13: The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie. The term "impressionism" was coined by a critic interacting with Clause Monet's "Impression: Sunrise" painting in 1874. French impressionists depicted light and color and was often embellished with romanticism; usually conveyed scenes filled with light and joy (Sayer).

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.

But there was still a great deal of interest in Monet's work. During this period, Monet began a final series of 12 waterlily paintings commissioned by the Orangerie des Tuileries, a museum in Paris. As he experienced in other points in his life, Monet struggled with depression in his later years. Despite his feelings of despair, he continued working on his paintings until his final day on December 5, 1926, at his home in Giverny.

Vincent took drawing classes from Anton Mauve and his uncle gave him his first commission which was twelve drawings of the city view. In 1884 he rented a large space in Nuenen which was home to many farmers, rural laborers and weavers and that’s who he painted and sketched. He gave Theo some of his works to sell but that didn’t work out because his works had a dark tone and the French preferred color. In 1885 after his father died he moved out of his family home and into his studio where he started working on The Potato Eaters (1885). During that year he enrolled in an art academy in Antwerp where he found the classes too traditional for him. He went to stay with Theo in Paris in 1886 and Theo introduced him to colorful arts of modern artists like Claude Monet. Also he met a group of post-impressionist artists at Fernand Cormon’s studio which influenced and inspired him to use brighter colors. He started using short brush strokes and painting cafes and boulevards. He also found inspiration in Japanese woodcuts and started to collect and study them. Vincent moved to Arles and he loved it there because of the bright light and colors. He had a plan to set up a “Studio of the South” there

Claude Monet sparked the beginning of the Impressionist movement and began to paint “en plein air” as suggested by a friend. Monet focused on the creation of a modern painting instead of subjects on social commentary that the artists (the “Realists”) before him depicted. He explored personal impressions of light and color throughout his career, mainly focusing on the way light played across a surface. He would change the appearance of a painting the more the natural light changed throughout the day, “capturing the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere” (Stokstad 989). This is shown in his painting Impression: Sunrise; even though, this painting, and technique, were criticized. Critics ridiculed his fast, open brushstrokes, and calling it “unfinished” (Stokstad 987). However, this was the intention of Impression: Sunrise and that of his future paintings as well.

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.

When Seurat was fifthteen, he entered a local drawing school then three years later he went to Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1878-1879 to study art.

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

Paul Gaugin was born in Paris on June 7th 1848. When Gauguin was only a young child his family moved to Peru. When he got older, he joined the merchant marines