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Claude Monet 14th November 1840 – 5th December 1926

Claude Monet 14th November 1840 – 5th December 1926. What makes art, art? What is “impressionism” and why should you care? The origins of modern art. Claude Monet. Born 14th Nov. 1840 in Paris, but grew up in Le Havre, on northern coast, Normandy

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Claude Monet 14th November 1840 – 5th December 1926

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  1. Claude Monet14th November 1840 – 5th December 1926 • What makes art, art? • What is “impressionism”and why should you care? • The origins of modern art

  2. Claude Monet • Born 14th Nov. 1840 in Paris, but grew up in Le Havre, on northern coast, Normandy • Father wanted him to go into the family grocery business • Monet always wanted to study art, he would draw caricatures of the townspeople and charge them money • During his art studies he made many lifelong friends who shared his ideas about art and life. • Although he struggled much of his life financially and to be accepted, he never gave in to what others said about his work

  3. Neo-Classical Oath of The Horatii - Jacques Louis-David

  4. Painting en Plien-aire Scene at Bennecourt, Seine - 1868

  5. Le déjeuner sur l'herbe 1868

  6. Salon de Paris • Anyone who wanted to be a serious artist needed to be accepted by the Académie des Beaux-Arts • Monet tried many times, but failed • The critics hated his work • They called it “impressionism” • He and others organized thier own show instead Impression: Sunrise 1872

  7. Impressionism San Lazare Train Staion - 1878

  8. Hues & Values 3 views of Cathedral at Rouen

  9. Brush Strokes & Squinting

  10. The Bridge • Monet bought a home in Giverny • He built a huge garden and pond which he used for many later paintings • One his most famous paintings is of a japanese-style bridge over a pond

  11. Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies - 1888

  12. Modern Art • Impressionism only lasted a few years • Monet’s work set the stage for many artists who followed him to continue exploring new ideas in art

  13. Write Your Name on Back! Your Project • You will paint a landscape with Bridge • After writing your name, turn over and use a pencil to sketch out a landscape • Use all of your space on the paper • Paint your memory, or impression of a landscape you have seen • Not Photographic!

  14. Adding in Color • Start adding dabs of color in short brushstrokes • Add in simple colors first, bluefor water, sky etc. • Leave white space betweenstrokes, room for new layersof color (mix colors visually) • Clean brush between colors • Don’t scribble, use dots (slow down!) • Step back and squint

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