Post on 23-Jun-2020
Monet
Claude Monet
• Date: 1840 – 1926 • Born in Paris • Impressionist Painter
Started making and selling caricatures
• He went to study at the Academie Suisse
Monet met Pissarro
• He met the landscape artist Camille Pissarro
• Plein Air – Painting outside
Infulenced by Camille Corot
• He was influenced by a Landscape Artist Camille Corot
Returned to the Studio
• He returned to the a Studio in Paris to work under a Swiss Painter. At the studio he met Bazille, Sisley and Renoir
• They painted seascapes and landscape
No Money
• Because he married his mistress and had a child with her his dad stop his financial support
Salon Rejection
• The Salon constantly rejected his work. He had no money
Start of Impressionism
• 1869 Monet and Renoir painted riverside pictures which would mark the start of the Impressionist Movement
Subject Matter – People Enjoying the Sunshine
What is Monet known for?
Capturing the Effect of Light
• To capture the fleeting moment in time on canvas
• The moment that is created by the effect of light and atmosphere
• Momentary Sensations • Subjects of paintings almost lost • Other artists focused more on the subject
matter
Rouen Catherdral
Haystacks
Colour and Light
• Instead of paintings being divided into light and dark areas the picture became one expanse of colour
Optical Mixing Small brushstrokes of vivid colour on to the canvas instead of mixing the colours
Spectator sees the separate colours on the canvas and mentally forms one colour
Durend Ruel, Art Dealer
• Monet was financially struggling. Fortunately he met an Art dealer called Durend Ruel who bought lots of his work in the coming years.
Regatta At Argenteuil
Woman with an Umbrella
Monet’s Garden at Giverney
• He devoted his later years to creating beautiful garden. He set-up a larger studio and he painted large canvases
Monet’s Parody
Question
• 1. Give an account of Monet’s Work 10marks
• 2. Describe / Analyse Painting 1 – 15 marks
• 3. Describe / Analyse Painting 2 – 15 marks
• 4. Sketches 10 Marks