Claude Monet Merely painting Impressions Claude Monet Impressionism

Claude Monet Merely painting Impressions

Claude Monet Impressionism Pleine Aire Painting: paintings done quickly outdoors A true Impressionist Painted the immediate effects of color and light. This painting was shown in the Salon of 1877 where a critic had said: ” This is merely an impression”. Impression, Sunrise, 1872 Oil on canvas

Claude Monet Impressionism Monet was interested in portraying the effects of light. Creates his paintings through a system of short dabs of color Plein Aire Painting Captures a time of day and so the paintings must be done quickly “Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through the Fog” 1904, Oil on canvas

Claude Monet Impressionism Plein Aire Light and Color as the subject Captures a time of day Short Brush strokes Movement away from painting realistic images Realization of paint as an opaque and textured medium. Houses of Parliament, 1904

Claude Monet Impressionism Plein Aire Light and Color as the subject Captures a time of day Short Brush strokes Movement away from painting realistic images Realization of paint as an opaque and textured medium. Houses of Parliament, 1905

Claude Monet Impressionism One of the most famous series of paintings in all the world He painted this cathedral at different times of day. Morning, Midday, and Evening. The subject here is the Effects of Light on the façade of the cathedral rather than the cathedral itself “Rouen Cathedral” (West Portal, Dull Weather, 1894) painted 1892 Oil on canvas

Claude Monet Impressionism One of the most famous series of paintings in all the world He painted this cathedral at different times of day. Morning, Midday, and Evening. The subject here is the Effects of Light on the façade of the cathedral rather than the cathedral itself “Rouen Cathedral, Harmony in Blue and Gold” dated 1894, painted 1893 Oil on canvas

Claude Monet Impressionism Haystacks at Chailly, 1865, Oil Monet’s Haystacks are equally famous to his series of the Rouen Cathedral.

Claude Monet Impressionism This painting captures the beauty of the light of the day Also captures the pollution of the ships in the distance The painting acts as a snapshot capturing a specific time and place. Garden at Sainte Addresse, 1867, Oil

Claude Monet Impressionism Plein Aire Light and Color as the subject Avant Guarde Short Brush strokes Movement away from painting realistic images Realization of paint as an opaque and textured medium. Bathing at La. Grenouillere, Oil

Claude Monet Impressionism The Regatta at Argentueil

Claude Monet Impressionism Highway Bridge at Argentueil

Claude Monet Impressionism Water Lilies (the clouds)

Claude Monet Impressionism One of the many paintings from the water lilies series Almost becoming abstract Beautiful color and immense size. These paintings later became the trademark of Monet Water Lilies, 1906

Claude Monet Impressionism Painted only two years before his death. Painted when his eyesight was poor. Showing the influence of the Japanese culture. Almost purely abstract Japanese Bridge, 1924