Claude Monet Claude Monet was a French painter. Monet was born in Paris on November 14th 1840. He spent his youth in Le Havre as his father worked as a grocer there. Claude Monet was the leader of the 19th century impressionist art movement. Monet preferred to paint outside‚ directly from nature. Nearly all of his work shows his admiration to capture on canvas the changing effects of lights. Impressionism‚ as developed by Monet‚ sought to capture the fleeting‚ momentary aspects of nature‚ especially
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"Is that a Monet?" As a nine-year-old boy with minimal knowledge of the arts‚ I wasn’t exactly sure what I was being asked. I turned around to look at the painting on my grandparents’ wall and saw the writing "Claude Monet 1903" in the bottom right-hand corner. I politely answered my aunt’s question‚ "Yes‚ I believe so." After we both looked at the painting for a few moments‚ she commented on its beauty and praised Claude Monet as a "great artist." I liked the painting myself. The different shades
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Brushwork and Use of Color in Claude Monet’s Bathing at La Grenouillere Born in Paris‚ France‚ Claude Monet began to develop as a young and inspiring artist in the town of Le Havre. After briefly serving in the military‚ Monet returned to Paris and continued to explore different forms of art‚ as well as‚ developing friendships with painters including Édouard Manet‚ Frédéric Bazille‚ and Auguste Renoir. After marrying his wife‚ Camille in 1870‚ the two were constantly traveling until they settled
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Analysis of Selected Works by Claude Monet Claude Oscar Monet‚ the famous impressionist painter was born on November 14‚ 1840. Even though his birthplace was Paris‚ he grew up in Le Havre‚ a port town located in North Western France. In his childhood phase‚ he didn’t have any contact with anyone who would play a significant role as an artistic influence in Monet’s life. Monet’s parents were completely against the arts‚ and because of that‚ he had to deal with a lot of sacrifices in life‚ from earning
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Claude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 on the 5th floor of 45 rue Laffitte‚ in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.[3] He was the second son of Claude Adolphe Monet and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet‚ both of them second-generation Parisians. On 20 May 1841‚ he was baptized in the local parish church‚ Notre-Dame-de-Lorette‚ as Oscar-Claude‚ but his parents called him simply Oscar.[3][4] (He signed his juvenilia "O. Monet".) Despite being baptized Catholic‚ Monet later on became an atheist.[5][6] In
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Oscar Claude Monet Oscar Claude Monet was born on November 14‚ 1840 in Paris‚ France. Monet spent most of his childhood in Le Havre‚ France. In Le Havre‚ Monet studied drawing and painted seascapes with a French painter Eugene Louis Boudin in his teens. By 1859 Monet committed himself a career to be an artist. Monet spent a lot of time in Paris around 1859. By 1860 Monet met a pre-impressionist painter‚ Edouard Manet. Monet also met other French painters destined to form the impressionist
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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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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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works of the French painter Claude Monet‚ have been popularized to a near saturation point the world over in recent years. Framed here by his predecessor Turner and his contemporary Whistler‚ this show allows for a welcome contrast and context for his sometimes overly decorative paintings. Despite some recognizable parallels of style‚ Monet was probably not familiar with
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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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