Claude Monet Research Paper

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Around the 1860’s, it was just the beginning of the era of Impressionism. Claude Monet was a man that loved to use thick brush strokes, but he did his work with a loose hand. As he began doing most of his art work like that, many others followed behind him. In April 1874, Monet and many others formed a group and called themselves the “Impressionist”, which was the start of the Impressionism movement. Totally History.com says that little did Claude Monet know, Impression, Sunrise was the piece that started the historical Impressionism movement in history. (Totally History)

In November 14, 1840, Oscar Claude Monet was born in Paris, France. Bio. Says that at an early age Monet loved to draw and paint, but hated being confined to his classroom. He was way more interested in being outdoors than dealing with teachers. Monet would have his schoolbooks filled with sketches of people he knew. Monet’s mother supported all his artistic abilities, but his father wanted him to grow up and be a businessmen. Claude Monet went on to the school of Academie Suisse to pursue his dream of being the …show more content…
As your eyes wander all over the painting, you notice how the same colors are used over and over again. The sky and small portions of the water has blended strokes of orange and light yellows. There are shades of greens and blues used to create what looks to be either a construction site or boat docks and the reflection of it on the water. More to the right side of the painting, there are lighter values of the greens and blue to give the painting that transparent look to the water. Claude Monet did most of his work with thick brush strokes of color all throughout his

Claude Monet Research Paper

Oscar-Claude Monet was born in November of 1840, in Paris. He was born into a strong Parison family. Monet’s father worked in their family’s shipping business. Monet was expected to work with his father but he had different ideas. His mother, Louise, was a singer and introduced Monet to the arts. When he was young, Claude Monet despised being indoors, especially in the classroom. He even resorted to drawing caricatures of his teachers. He would draw different people he saw in his sketchbooks. His…

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Claude Monet Research Paper

scenes or people. After being routinely rejected by the Salon de Paris, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, and Bazille opened their own gallery to exhibit their works. The term ‘Impressionism” was given to…

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in 1834, without a camera, by placing objects onto paper brushed with light-sensitive silver chloride, which he then exposed to sunlight. By 1840, Talbot had succeeded in producing photogenic drawings in a camera, with short exposures yielding an invisible or ‘latent’ image that could be developed to produce a usable negative. was patented as the calotype in 1841 Talbot’s negative-positive process formed the basis of almost all photography on paper up to the digital age. (British Library) Realism…

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That is the works of Claude Monet, in Water Lilies. When researching and looking during this class it always seemed to look like a cluster of lilies floating on a watery surface. On the other hand, when you see this work of art in person you see the many different layers of paint…

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