Claude Monet Research Paper

Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement developed in Paris in the 1860’s. Impressionist artworks are characterised by their limited detail, bold colours, relatively small but visible brush strokes, emphasis on light and reflections, and ordinary subject matter. In the early 1860’s, a group of artists met and discovered they had a collective interest in painting landscapes and contempory life rather than historical or mythological scenes. This was a rather radical notion durnig that time, as it was usually required for artists to paint “important” 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 …show more content…
This artwork was painted in1872 and is still celebrated to this day. Claude Monet is a widely known artist, popular for his deep interest in the impressionism movement. He is considered to be one of the founders of this iconic movement. Monet was born on November 14, 1840 in the city of Paris, France. His childhood was largely spent here, and the majority of his art is inspired by the people and places he saw while growing up. Monet’s artworks were often painted outdoors and featured a focus on the light and reflection of the objects he painted. He began his art using largely dark colours but as he grew older he turned to more pure light colours. Because of these techniques, this artwork was disparaged during the time of it’s creation. Impression, Sunrise presents a focus on the calm feeling of a misty morning. This painting features pale, soft colours and a slightly foggy view of the objects. Below the centre of the painting, a small rowboat is painted with two indistinctable figures. A sunrise is depicted behind them using the relflection of the water to picture this. This painting had a large effect on impressionism as a whole, of course, being an impressionist artwork, critics who first saw it viewed it with disdain and scorn but others appreciated the style and thus inspired the idea of forming the group of

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