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 Impressionism - Claude Monet

Today, you see many different types of art and paintings when you go to the museum. some of the influence comes from the 19th century, before and after that. The 19th century was a time of great change and new ideas. One of the changes that occurred was different art movements. One of the art movements of this time was Impressionism. Impressionism was an art movement in France during the 19th century. It promoted going against the traditional way to do art and establishing venues other than the official Salon for buying and selling art.(Isaacson screen 1) The term Impressionism came from the artist’s work and the emotion and feeling you got right after seeing the piece. Typical Impressionism paintings were landscapes and scenes from real life. This grew out of landscape painting and realism and classical works. These paintings show light and movement through brush strokes and are suppose to be small, bright and colorful.(Seiberling screen 1) Many artists in the time were in this movement. One of them was Claude Monet. Claude Monet was a French artist that led the Impressionist movement in France. In his work, Monet focuses on light and color at different times of the day and in different weather. After losing his sight, he started to experiment with realism and contemporary subjects. (Isaacson screen 1) He went against the traditional painting and created Impression- Sunrise which started the movement. He had his first exhibit in 1874. Monet is known as one of the the major Impressionist painters because he believed in the philosophy expressing your thoughts through nature.( Shin Gallery screen 1) Without Claude Monet, Impressionism would have not been as powerful in France.



Claude Monet was a French painter that got involved in the Impressionism movement in the 19th century. He grew up in Normandy and after his mother died in 1857; his aunt supported him in his dreams to become an artist. By 1856, he was known in his town and attracted the attention of Eugène Boudin. Boudin showed him the way to paint called plein air painting which is painting outdoors. In 1862, his father gave him permission to pursue his career and go to art school and he He studied with Charles Gleyre until 1864. Another influence was the Dutch artist Johann Barthold jongkind who he met in 1862. Both of these artists influenced his career as a landscape artist. . In July near his birthday, he lost some of his sight and could not work outdoors. And this made him think about his art and experimented with realism and and contemporary subjects. He soon went back to his normal life with his son and wife, and painted T //he Luncheon //  and T //he River. (Seiberling screen 1) // From 1872 to 1876, where Monet was living was a thriving impressionist painting zone. His paintings of the town, garden in his house and Seine helped the movement. Monet was also one of the leaders in founding the Société Anonyme des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs which held an exhibit for Impressionist painters. (Isaacson screen 1)



 In 1865, Monet began a project ( this was his first major painting but it failed) his goal was to bring the feeling of outdoors to the canvas of life sized people having a picnic in the woods.  His second big project was //women in the garden//. He wanted to paint this all outdoors but failed and he finished it in his studio. His painting shows the delicately placed blue when he was working outdoors, with the flat objects and decorative style when he was working indoors. Because this was not a traditional way of doing things, his painting was rejected at the salon (Isaacson screen 1) Monet's first real try at Impressionism painting was The River as shown below. In this painting, he combines plein air and experimentation with bold colors and brush strokes. ( Isaacson screen 1). In this, he is trying to make photo with his painting and uses alot of different colors and lights and darks. When Monet made the painting Impression- Sunrise as shown above, this was the major headway in Impressionism. Critics looked at it and said that this was Impressionism in a way to make fun of him. ( Isaacson screen 1) In this painting, you see again the brush strokes, the grey shadows and the vibrant colors and the picture like quality. All of Monet's work is very unique and vibrant in color. He did not let anything stop him from pursuing art and because of that, brought about an art movement.



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Seiberling, Grace. "Impressionism ." Oxford Art Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. .  <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; white-space: nowrap;">////You Tube////. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=UH0TZy2hulA>.