Claude%20Monet

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Claude Monet
I do what I can to express what I feel in the
presence of nature.
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Claude Monet

• Born in Paris, France in 1840
• Is now one of the most famous artists of all time
• Impressionist painter

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Impressionist Style

• Soft edges
• Bright colors dabbed side by side
• Short, choppy brushstrokes
• Highly textured surface

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Regatta at Argenteuil, 1872
Subject Matter

• Painted the people places he knew best
• Common Subjects
• Seascapes
• Landscapes
• Flowers
• Portraits

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Poppies at Argenteuil, 1873
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Woman with a Parasol 1875 Camille Monet and
her son Jean
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• Painted the same subject in different weather,
  seasons, and times of the day

Monet saw that the colors of a scene changed as
the light and weather changed
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Color constantly changes according to the suns
position
Rouen Cathedral at Midday, 1894
Rouen Cathedral in the Evening, 1894
Rouen Cathedral Morning Sun, 1893
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Giverny

• Monet created a beautiful garden in Giverny
• Bamboo, Irises, Roses, Water Lilies, and Wisteria
• After 1911, the garden became his sole subject

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As Monet grew older, his style began to change
due to his failing eyesight
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The Japanese Footbridge at Giverny
1923
1900
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• Painted hundreds of water lilies from 1900-26
• Water lilies became hazier as his cataracts
  worsened
• Eventually the water lilies, water, and
  reflections melted together into a hazy mist of
  swirling color

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