Painting Analysis : Claude Monet

The following is an analysis and an interpretation of Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil. This oil on canvas painting can be found in the High Museum of Art. Claude Monet, the artist of this piece painted this in 1873, right as the Impressionism Movement was beginning. Monet played the important role of one of the founders of the Impressionism Movement with his works like Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil. Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil is from a series of paintings that Monet did while in Argenteuil

Introduction The analyzed work was created by French painter Oscar-Claude Monet in 1872. This highly recognized work of art illustrates the morning view of the port of Le Havre in northwestern France. Monet’s masterpiece Soleil Levant also known as Impression Sunrise, gave birth to a new movement, Impressionism, straying away from many traditions, creating a new method of painting–and of seeing the world around us. It is considered to be one of Monet’s most poetic expressions of his engagement

emotions until the end of time. Works of art, from music to painting to dance to drama, all have the capabilities to bring out emotions of the people who view, hear or watch it. Many people get different emotions or feelings from different works of art, for example some people get a calming feelings from Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night while others get a feeling of a serious sadness due to the colors. Vincent Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and Clanet Monet all were great artist who all achieved a great deal of

three-dimensional world on a two- dimensional plane. Claude Monet, a famous French impression painter, sought to change these Victorian standards that he so resented with his Impressionist ideals. During an art exhibition in 1874, Monet debuted his painting Impression, Sunrise which was critiqued by many other artists. One artist acridly dubbed it the title of Impression in that it did not focus on the scene at hand but instead favored lighting. However, Monet did not let this get to him and in fact, let

eye may not be more searching but it becomes conscious of a different set of visual data. He becomes less and less concerned with the nature of the object - figure or landscape - he happens to be painting, and more and more conscious of the appearance of the object at a particular moment of time. For Monet, at work on a picture of Rouen Cathedral, what his eyes encountered was not a Gothic

Office Art Memo Rodolfo J. Nodal Prof. R. Henry HUM112 11/11/13 Abstract The following essay will identify three examples of each, 19th century Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings and seeks to explain how these works fall into the two distinct styles. I we will explain to my boss, who has assigned me the task of managing the art budget and selecting six works to be displayed at the new corporate office, the historical significance of each piece, a description of each piece; with

Jakob Valdez Professor Dean Turner ARTS1304 30 August 2015 Field Trip Analysis For my analysis i'll be comparing two paintings from the impressionist art movement. The first paint will be The Battle of Trevino, by Francesco Oller. The second painting i'll be discussing will be Vernon in the Sun, by Claude Monet. These two pieces will make a good comparison, as Oller’s was painted first, shortly after the impressionist movement started and

Claude Monet’s 1899 painting, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies depicts his cherished garden in Giverny, France. In the paintings, an arched wooden footbridge extends over a pond abundant with water lilies. The lush, dense vegetation surrounding the pond is reflected on the surface of the water. Monet was one of the founders of the Impressionist movement and Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies is emblematic of an Impressionist painting as it depicts a nature scene using visible brushstrokes and

Monet Claude Monet was born in Paris, France on the 14th of November 1840. When Monet was 5 he moved to the town of Le Havre for the majority of his youth. Monet was considered to be undisciplined and unlikely to make an achievement of his life by his parents and teachers. His father owned a wholesale grocery that Monet showed no interest in inheriting. He was only interested in painting. By the age of fifteen he was receiving commission from his works. He later grew to become one of the greatest

that originated in Paris. A few painters that were know for impressionism were Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Frédéric Bazille, who influenced each other and worked together. Mary Cassatt portrait shows that she mastered impressionism, due to her brushwork and sketch like finish and the way she painted Mrs. Scott’s hand holding the teapot with the seriousness on her face. Context: This portrait is a painting of the first cousin of Mary Cassatt, Mrs. Mary Dickinson