| Style | Impressionism |
| Lived | November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926 ( 19th century ) |
| Nationality | France |
| Biography |
Claude Monet Biography |
| Prints |
Claude Monet prints and posters |
|
|
| Paintings |
The initiator in Impressionism painted many paintings from the Le Havre landscape, where he grew up. Later he spent a lot of time paintings his gardens in Argentueil, Véceuil and Giverny. Very famous is his 'Impression: Soleil Levant (Sunrise)' that directly led to the name Impressionists. Other famous work includes a series of paintings from his 'Haystacks' and 'Water-lillies'.
More Claude Monet Paintings... |
|
|
| Quote | "Everyone discusses my art and pretend to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love."
More Claude Monet quotes...
| |
|
| Interesting |
Impressionism was, at first, an abusive term. Critic Louis Leroy, who had visited Le Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Rejects), first donated the name Impressionism to this art movement. Leroy declared that it could indeed only be an impression and that it could hardly be seen as a finished work. The Impressionists took their new name for granted and a new art movement was born.
Claude Monet had, apart from painting, also another passion: gardening. In fact Monet even combined these two passions by making paintings of his gardens. The last ten years of his life, Claude Monet spent most of his time painting his own water garden.
Monet was also very interested in light reflecting in the water. He even made a small studio boat for himself, so that he could paint while being surrounded by floating water.
In his latter days, Monet suffered heavily from cataract (eye disease). By the year 1923 almost all his eye sight was gone. He then decided to, successfully, undergo an operation to make his eyesight better again.
|
|
|
| Links |
Fondation Claude Monet - Official website about the Monet Foundation.
|
|
|
