Claude Monet

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Claude Monet
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Monet was born in November 1840 in Paris,
France.
Japanese Bridge
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Monet didnt like school so he walked around on
the beaches instead and drew caricatures of
tourist and sold them for money.
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Monet started to spend most of his time painting
outside, painting simple landscapes and scenes
from middle-class society.
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In 1874, Monet and his friends (Manet, Renoir,
Pissarro Sisley) had their first official show
of Impressionist Art in Paris
They were called Impressionists because their
worked seemed sketchy and unfinished.
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One of Monets first paintings was titled
Impression Sunrise
and so the name IMPRESSIONISM was created to
describe the style of art.
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Claude Monet was the most important of the
Impressionist Painters. Impressionist painters
used color and brushstrokes in a new way.
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Claude believed in painting by layering colors of
paint.
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There are almost never any outlines in
Impressionist Art! The whole painting is just
blobs and smears of color!
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Claude tried to show the changing colors and
shadows during the day. He painted this same
haystack many times. Do you know what time of
day Claude painted this?
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Other times Claude would paint the same picture
at different times of the year. This was painted
in the winter.
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Look closely at this painting. Can you see the
brush strokes that Claude used?
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In 1883, Monet moved to Giverny which was not
far from Paris.
He bought a large farmhouse with two acres of
gardens and built a lily pond that is arched with
a Japanese bridge.
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Claude loved to paint the pond at his house in
Giverny.
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More than anything, Claude loved to paint the
water lilies in his pond.
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In his water lily paintings Claude liked to paint
the reflections of light and color in the water.
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Heres the Japanese bridge that Claude had built
over his pond!
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In this picture Claude used his Impressionist
style of layering to paint his wife, Camille.
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At the age of 60, Monets eyesight began to fail
him.
Claude Monet
He continued to paint until he died in 1926 at
the age of 86.
Because of his failing eyesight his final
paintings were very large (some as big as 40 feet
wide) and were almost abstract.
1840-1926
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Claude painted many things, but he is probably
best known for his beautiful water lily paintings.
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1. What is the artists name?
2. What year was he born?
3. Where was he born?
4. Name his style of art?
5. Describe Impressionism.
6. Where did he move to in 1883?
7. What did he build there?
8. What is he best known for painting?
9. What year did he die?
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1. What is the artists name?
Claude Monet
1840
2. What year was he born?
3. Where was he born?
Paris, France
Impressionism
4. Name his style of art?
5. Describe Impressionism.
Sketchy Unfinished
Giverny
6. Where did he move to in 1883?
7. What did he build there?
Lily Pond Japanese Bridge
8. What is he best known for painting?
Water Lilys
9. What year did he die?
1926
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