During Thursday’s lecture, I was introduced to many incredible artists who incorporated light into their work. However, one artist that appealed to me the most was Claude Monet. After viewing some of his work on the powerpoint, I wanted to learn more about his paintings.
Going online, I managed to find many of Monet’s paintings. In addition, I did research on some of them to try to understand what inspired him to create them. Here are some I really like:
1. Regatta at Argenteuil
Monet painted Regatta at Argenteuil in 1872. After a brief stay in Paris, he moved his family out of the city to Argenteuil. It was a quiet and attractive town on the right bank of the Seine River and was a popular retreat for weekend visitors. During his first summer in this new location, Monet occupied himself with painting boats under the summer sun.
2. London: Houses of Parliament at Sunset
In 1870-1871, Monet first depicted the Houses of Parliament when he visited London to escape the Franco-Prussian War. Some thirty years later, when he revisited the city in 1900 and 1901, Monet returned to the motif and was captivated by the Gothic spires of Westminster rising beside the Thames River and began some 19 depictions of the site in changing light and weather conditions.
3. Impression, Sunrise
This painting was created at the harbor of Le Havre when Monet was staying there in the spring of 1872. The painting is supposed to depict sunlight “dancing” and “shimmering” on the water and is acclaimed by many artists to be the painting that gave name to the entire Impressionist movement.
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www.cmonetgallery.com/impression-sunrise.aspx
www.artelino.com/articles/claude_monet.asp
www.monetartprints.net/monet_biography.html
worldvisitguide.com/oeuvre/O0027359.html
www.intermonet.com/oeuvre/