CLAUDE MONET

CLAUDE MONET

• Born November 14, 1840 in Paris, France.
• Died December 5, 1926 in Giverny, France.

STYLE

• He tried to start a movement of his own style, impressionism.
• Impressionalist tried to get away from the perfect symmetry, and paint the world the way it was, imperfect.
• They used a lot of light to show the affect of the sun changing.

FORM

• He used oil and crayon mediums.
• He used short, quick brush strokes. He also used a lot of contrast of color.

CONTENT

• He used figure, landscape, and scenery in his paintings. Nature was the subject of his paintings.

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• These paintings are called The Houses of Parliament. They are oil paintings on canvas. He uses a series of paintings so that he could show it at different times of the day.
• He used rapid brush strokes. He uses the sun as his source of light. It is 92 cm x 81 cm. It is now in Paris, France in the Musée Marmottan Monet.

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• This painting is called the Bridge at Argenteuil. This painting is an oil on canvas as well. In the water he used quick brush strokes. In the trees he used thicker brush strokes.
• It is 60 x 79.7 cm. It is not currently displayed.

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• This one is The Cliff, Etretat, Sunset.
• It is an oil on canvas.
• It is 23 13/16 x 32 3/16 in.

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• This one is called The Magpie.
• It is 89 x 130 cm.
• It is an oil on canvas.
• It was painted around 1968 and 1969.

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