![]() He wanted the paintings to be a “haven of peaceful meditation” ( Claude. His final commission was a series of twelve water lily paintings for a Paris museum. With cataracts, colors yellow and details fade (Cauderlier 2). Although he did have surgery on one eye, he lost his ability to see colors clearly. A severe case of cataracts led to near blindness. At Monet’s death, a friend forced the removal of a black shawl on the coffin and replaced it with a flowered one impressionists rarely used pure black (1).ĭespite his success, Monet was plagued by depression and poverty for most of his life ( Claude. The shadows appear purple as in Venice at Twilight. It is certain that Monet nearly eradicated his use of black-even in shadows. Then he continued by giving his color palette: “White lead, cadmium yellow, vermillion, madder, cobalt blue, chrome green. “What’s so interesting about that?” he asked. In an interview, Monet was asked about the colors that he used. The painter was experimenting with smaller strokes that built up to broader color palettes ( Claude. Most of these art works exclude human forms and are considered to be in his late period ( Claude. Here, in his own garden that he created, he was continually inspired. Monet remarried and lived in Giverny until he died in 1926. Monet is also very famous for a series of forty paintings of the Rouen Cathedral in France which emphasized the changes of natural light upon the building: morning light, midday, gray weather, etc. He is especially known for a series of paintings of London and the Thames River ( Claude. Camille’s death plummeted the artist into a depression that prompted him to produce a dismal series entitled Ice Drift after 1878 ( Claude, biography 2).Īfter Camille’s death, for over two decades, Monet traveled a great deal to Norway, Venice, London, and around France. ![]() To get even, Monet forced the French government to purchase the painting in 1921 for the extravagant total of 200,000 francs ( Claude, The Art 2). The Paris Salon refused to accept the painting, because they favored romanticism. Because of his perfectionism, it is said that Monet destroyed up to five hundred of his paintings by burning, cutting, or kicking them! ( Claude, biography 1).Īlthough the painting had numerous women, and a man, in the composition, only Monet’s wife Camille Doncieux modeled for Monet. A friend who visited Monet reflected that his friend would not paint a single leaf if the lighting were not perfect ( Monet 1). To manage this task, the artist dug a trench in the garden and installed pulleys to achieve height. One of his earliest paintings Women in the Garden was painted totally outside. Since childhood, Monet had loved the outdoors. Monet was a master of improvisation with “surprising interpretations of common scenes,” creating with vibrant and neutral colors with oil on canvas (2). Monet and his friends captured Parisian landscapes and painted cameos of middle-class citizens ( Modern Art). French impressionists painted the town red! They used rich colors and new techniques to depict light and movement. Paris was becoming the hub of industrialization ( Claude, biography 2). It was here at school that he met Jongkind, another landscape artist (3-4), of whom Monet said, “I owe the definitive training of my eyes” (4).Īt the premier Impressionist Exhibition of 1874, the artists responded to the contemporary Parisian culture. Afterwards, he went to study at a Parisian academy. Monet served for two years in the military and observed, “you cannot imagine…how much my ability to see improved” ( Claude by himself 3). ![]() His mother died when he was sixteen, and during this time he was introduced and mentored in plein air (outdoor) painting by landscape artist Eugene Boudin ( Claude. She shared her love of music, poetry, and art with Monet. His father was stern, but his mother was supportive. biography 1-2 ).Ĭlaude Monet was born in Paris on Novembut moved to the port town of Le Havre when he was just five years old. Their very first exhibition in April 1874, and the debut of Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1873) which depicts the foggy harbor of his boyhood home gave a name to the new art form and to the new school of artists ( Claude. Artists like Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, and Monet were part of the Society of Anonymous Painters, Sculptors, and Printers who shared a common impression of the “natural world” and a common intent to break from classical methods. Claude Monet: Impressionist Master of Color, Light, and Atmosphere “The Lesson of the Swinging Pendulum” By Kendra MartinĬlaude Oscar Monet was the central figure of the Impressionism movement from the late 1860’s.
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