Claude Monet was among the leaders of the French Impressionist movement of the 1870s and 1880s. His 1873 painting Impression‚ Sunrise gave the style its name‚ and as an inspirational talent and a personality‚ he was crucial in bringing its adherents together. Inspired in the 1860s by the Realists’ interest in painting in the open air‚ Monet would later bring the technique to one of its most famous pinnacles with his so-called series paintings‚ in which his observations of the same subject‚ viewed
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Claude Monet Research Paper 26 April 2010 INTRODUCTION Claude Oscar Monet was born on November 14‚ 1840 in Paris France‚ His father was a wholesale grocer and ship chandler which is how he provided for the family. Monet’s father and mother decided to move to Le Harve in 1845(Seitz‚ Pg 2). By the young age of 15 years old‚ Monet received a reputation as being a great caricature artist (Biography.com). The year 1857 was a tough period for Monet‚ because his mother died (Seitz‚ Pg 5). Two years
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French artist‚ Claude Monet‚ was born November 14‚ 1840 in Paris‚ France. He experimented with loose handling‚ bold color‚ and strikingly contrasting styles . As he matured‚ he became more aware to light and color. Monet also became increasingly sensitive to the decorative qualities of color and form‚ and began to apply paint in smaller strokes. Claude Monet uses cool blues and green tones that become balanced out by the colors of the bright flowers with small and short brushstrokes throughout the
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Throughout the years‚ Claude Monet’s Impression‚ Sunrise has been celebrated as the quintessential symbol of the Impressionist Movement. This renowned work of art which illustrates a view of the port of Le Havre in north-western France is considered to be one of Monet’s “most poetic expressions” of his engagement with France’s revitalization efforts after the Franco-Prussian War.[1] Unlike other artworks of the time‚ the subject matter and specific painting techniques evident in Impression‚ Sunrise seek
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Famous French People Claude Monet (1840-1926) Monet was born on November 14‚ 1840 in Paris. He was the second son of Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet‚ both of them second-generation Parisians. In 1851‚ Monet entered the Le Havre secondary school of the arts. He first became known locally for his charcoal caricatures‚ which he would sell for ten to twenty francs. On the beaches of Normandy in about 1856/1857 he met fellow artist Eugène Boudin who became his mentor and taught him
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coalesced around a number of French artists who took light‚ open air and interpretive color as their guide. This school was itself an outgrowth of Realism as practiced by painters like Courbet and Corot‚ who sought to depict everyday settings and people in their art in opposition to existing conventions that dictated an idealization of the world within narrowly defined subjects for painting. Undoubtedly the best known in this exhibit‚ the works of the French painter Claude Monet‚ have been popularized
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Claude Monet Mieka Scott Advanced Topics in Foreign Language Mrs. Roos 1/31/14 “Skills come and go… Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity.” This quote by Claude Monet displays one of his many opinions on the craft. He believed that an artist had to have a painting in his head before starting‚ and was sure of the way he was going to execute it. Other than that‚ however‚ there was not much to understand. All else that art required
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Claude Monet started off as a realist and Robert Smithson started as a conceptual artist. Monet wanted to create an impression of what he saw and defied the norms of realistic‚ photographic paintings. The thickness and low consistency of his oil paints allowed him to dramatically express his impression
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aims you have for yourself. Claude Monet had dealt with many struggles in life‚ but managed to get where was in the art world. His life was greatly impacted because of the Franco-Prussian War. When he was in his youth his friend Brazille had died in the Franco-Prussian War which changed the way he lived his life. During this time‚ impressionist painting was becoming quite popular. Later‚ Claude became one of the artists who had created impressionist painting. Claude Monet could be considered successful
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Claude Monet’s "Impression‚ soleil levant"� (sunrise) Oil on canvas [48 x 63 cm] The impressionist era lasted from 1872-1880 and when Monet painted "Impression‚ sunrise"� in 1873‚ the period had just begun. "Impression‚ sunrise"� epitomizes impressionistic artwork with its defining style of light playing with objects. Claude Monet’s "Impression‚ Sunrise"� epitomizes impressionistic artwork with its defining style of fluttery brush strokes and a blurry portrayal of an actual image. The quick‚ indistinct
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