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ClaudeMonet

ClaudeMonetwasborninParisinNovember1840.MoneywaspartoftheFrench
Impressionistmovementthattookplacewithagroupofartist.Thisnewvisionofart
broughtanewstyleofhowtheseartistsenvisionedlandscapes,portraitsandstilllifes.
His1873paintingImpression,Sunrise

gavethestyleitsname,andasaninspirational
talentandapersonality,hewascrucialinbringingitsadherentstogether.
(www.theartstory.org)
Monethadaninterestinartataveryyoungageandpaintthroughouthisadult
life.Creativeandenterprisingfromanearlyage,hedrewcaricaturesinhissparetime
andsoldthemfor20francsapiece.(www.ahdb.org)Hestudiedundermanymentors
andteachersandactivelyengagedwithotherartists.Monetpreferedtobeoutdoors
andpaintnatureratherthanbeinastudiopainting.
Monetmarriedtwicethroughouthislife,hisfirstwife,CamilleMonet.Claudehad
twochildrenwithCamille,JeanandMichel.HiswifeCamillediedataveryyoungageof
32fromcancer.OveradecadepastbeforeMonetmarriedhissecondwifeAlice.Thisis
whenMonetpurchasedhisownhomeandagarden.Manyofhislateryears,hespent
paintingfromthisgarden.
Hissecondson,Michel,servedinWorldWar1.Aroundthistime,Monets
secondwifeAliveandoldestson,Jeanpassedaway.Ontopofallofthis,hiseyewas
formingacataractandhegaveuponpainting.Monetwasencouragedbyfriendsand

familytopaintagainandtheworkthatbecameofthisisknownashisWaterGarden
series.
IfeelthemostsignificantpieceMonetcreatedwouldbehisImpression,Sunrise
painting.ThispaintingwasamajorpartinhisstyleaswellasthewholeFrench
Impressionistmovement.Thepaintingtakesplaceoverabodyofwaterasdawnis
approaching.Youcanseeabrightredsuncastashimmeralongthewaterandwarm
thehighestpartofthesky.Downlowerinthepainting,mostoftheobjectsarestillin
shadow.Thepaintingleadsmetobelieveitwasveryovercastorfoggyatthetime
Impression,Sunrisewaspainted.MyfavoritepartofSunrisearethebrushstrokesof
orangethroughwater.
Monetusedverythickbrushstrokesthatyoucanseethroughoutthepainting.
Silhouettesofpeopleintheforegroundandbuildingsbarelyvisibleinthebackground.
Thepaintingdoesnothaveloadsofdetailinthewayoflinesthattellyouwhatyouare
seeing,itsmainlythroughcolorshapeandthewayeachbrushstrokeislaid.Withall
hisbrushstrokescombined,yourmindpieceseverythingtogetherthroughtheuseof
color.Throughouthislifehewasapersonwhoneverwantedtostickbytherules.
(AnnWaldron,2009)

WorksCitied

http://www.theartstory.orgTheArtStoryContributors.ClaudeMonet.Web.

http://www.ahdb.org

Waldron,Ann.WhoWasClaudeMonet?(2009):Page3.Print.