Third Thursdays for Teachers Claude Monets The Meadow

Third Thursdays for Teachers Claude Monet’s The Meadow Impressionist Art

Claude� Monet • • Claude-Oscar Monet, born November 14 in Paris Sells caricatures & meets Eugène Boudin Moves to Paris and enrolls in the Swiss Academy Paints with Boudin and Johan Jongkind 1840 1856 -59 1862 Source: www. wikipedia. com Boudin, On the Beach of Deauville, 1869. Louvre, Paris. Source: Harrison, Peter. Claude Monet (Art for Young People). 1995.

Claude� Monet • Paints with Boudin and Johan Jongkind, The Seine and Notre-Dame, 1864. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. 1862 Source: www. wikipedia. com

Claude� Monet • Returns to Paris and enrolls in Gleyre’s studio 1862 -64 • Paintings accepted in the Salon 1865 -66, 1868 • Paints with Renoir – La Grenouillè (near Paris) 1869 Monet, Camille, 1866. Kunsthalle Bremen. Renoir, Portrait of Sisley, 1868. Bazille, Self-Portrait, E. G. Buhrie Collection, Zurich, 1865 -6. Art Institute Switzerland. of Chicago. Bazille, Portrait of Renoir, 1867. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Claude� Monet • • Monets go to London Moves to Argenteuil First Impressionist Show Moves to Giverny Monet, Houses of Parliament, 1905. Musée Marmottan, Paris Monet, The Studio Boat, 1876. The Barnes Foundation, Merion. 1870 1871 1874 1883 Monet, The Water Lily Pond [Japanese Bridge], 1899 Private Collection.

Claude� Monet • • Eyesight starts to fail Starts water-lily project Undergoes two surgeries for cataracts Dies December 5 at Giverny Louis Bonnier, Plan water-lily project 1908 1914 1923 1926 Henri Manuel, photograph of Monet in his third studio in front of Morning, ca. 1924 -25, Archives Durand-Ruel, Paris.

Impressionism � • • • Birthplace – Batignolles district of Paris Color and light Finished painting or not? En plein air Subjects – slice of life Manet, The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, 1874. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Monet, Duck Pond, Argenteuil, 1873. Archives Wildenstein

The Impressionist � Exhibition • First Société Anonyme des Artists – April 15, 1874 • Art critic – Louis Leroy • Eight exhibitions held between 1874 -1886 Degas, At the Races in the Country, 1869. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872 -3. Musée Marmottan, Paris Morisot, The Cradle 1872. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Monet’s Subject � & Styles • • • Liberal free spirit Landscapes rather than portraits Monet’s palette Impressionist style Painting outdoors Monet, Poplars 1891. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Monet, Wheatstacks. (Full Sunlight), 1890. Hillstead, Museum, Farmington. Monet, Wheatstacks. (Effects of Snow, Morning) 1890 -91. Private Collection. Monet, Wheatstack. (Sunset), 189091. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection.

New Innovations • Metal paint tubes • Cameras • Trains Monet, La Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Renoir, Le Pont Neuf, d. 1872. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection. Photograph of Le Pont Neuf, c. 1860. Bibliothèque National, Paris.

Side by Side Monet and Renoir Monet, Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1869. J. Paul Gety Museum, Malibu. Renoir, Mixed Flowers in an Earthenware Pot, 1869. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Side by Side Monet & Renoir, Bathing at la Grenouillère, 1869. Oscar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur, Switzerland. Monet, Bathing at La Grenouillère (or The Frog Pond), 1869. Trustees of the National Gallery, London.

Side by Side Monet & Renoir Monet, Camille at Work, d. 1875. The Barnes Foundation, Merion Station, Pa. Renoir, Young Girls at the Piano (La Leçon de piano) ca. 1889. Joslyn Art Museum.

Side by Side Monet & Hassam Monet, Le Pont Neuf, d. 1872. Dallas Museum of Art; The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection. Hassam, April Showers, Champs Elysées, Paris, 1888. Joslyn Art Museum

Side by Side Monet & Cassatt Monet, Repose (Madame Monet on an Sofa), c. 1871. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Cassatt, Woman Reading (Portrait of Lydia Cassatt, the Artist’s Sister), 1878 – 79. Joslyn Art Museum

The Meadow � Monet, The Meadow, 1879. Joslyn Art Museum.

The Meadow � Monet, Small Country Farm at Brdighera (Un coin de ferme à Bordighera), 1884. Joslyn Art Museum.

From the Museum to the Classroom • Fine Arts – Seasons Change. Study The Meadow and discuss what season Monet is capturing. Discuss how the colors would change for a different season. – Students create a series of paintings representing different seasons. Monet, Path through the Garden at Givery, 1902. Private Collection. Monet, The Magpie, 1868 -69. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Monet, The Meadow, 1879. Joslyn Art Museum.

From the Museum to the Classroom • Language Arts – Capturing a Moment. Discuss the Impressionistic style. Focus on Impressionist Artists desire to capture a moment in time. • Do not show them The Meadow, yet. Have the students gather with a journal and a pencil. • Tell them once you reveal the painting they will have 45 seconds to study it. • Next, have them write for 5 -10 minutes describing their first impression of the art work. • Then, reveal the painting have them study it. • Then have them write for 20 -30 minutes.

From the Museum to the Classroom • Math – Bridge Building. Study Monet’s images of his bridge at Giverny. • Have students study the bridge’s design. Using wood (i. e. toothpicks) have students recreate the bridge. • Then have students design their own bridge. • Test to see which type of bridge holds the most weight. – Percentages. Study an image The Meadow. • Determine what percentage of the painting is foreground, trees and sky. • Grid the painting to get a more accurate result.

From the Museum to the Classroom • Science – Mix it UP. Study how oil paints are created. • Collaborate with an art class. Science class mix up the paints for an art class to use. • In turn, the art class will create portraits of the “scientists” who created their paints. – Garden Party. Look at some of Monet’s images he created while in a garden. • Take a field trip to a garden and try to identify some of the same plants/flowers if possible. • Or create a class garden for the entire school to enjoy. Part of the tour of the garden could be a flower scavenger hunt.

From the Museum to the Classroom • Social Studies – Slice of Life. Discuss what types of subjects the Impressionist artists would depict in their paintings. • Talk about what is happening in The Meadow. • Have students talk about what types of activities their families do on weekends. Create a list. • Next discuss what types of activities families would do on the weekends in the 19 th century. • Talk about how the 19 th century compares with the 21 st century.

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