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Title: 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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