Vincent van Gogh Similarities Claude Monet

• Van Gogh is a post- • They are well known • Claude Monet was a
impressionist painter impressionist artist founder of the
• known for using • Both artists made impressionist
significantly more extensive use of light movement, and a pure
strong and stunning and its effects on the impressionist
colors colors of their subject • She was recognized for
• Van Gogh’s early style matter and the spaces using more realistic
of painting was based and objects contained colors tones in his
on a more muted within. works
Dutch inspired pallete, • They are known for • Claude Monet's style is
which contrasted the landscape fiercely focused on
sharply with his later paintings how light influences
works, which used • A lack of straight lines and interacts on
strong colors to and traditional linear landscapes and the
portray emotions. perspective is items included within
• He also painted a lot common to both them. Monet's
of portraits and self- artists as too are very artworks would
portraits definite brush strokes continue to focus on
• He began painting that give an added light and colors
when he was around depth to the paint on throughout his career,
21 years old the canvas. and practically all of his
works are in the hazy
impressionist style to
which his name is so
intimately connected.
• Monet was more
interested in
landscapes and
painting in the open
air.
• Monet began painting
at a young age.