Claude Monet played an essential role in a development of Impressionism. He created many paintings by capturing powerful art from the world around him. He was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris, France. Later, his family moved to Le Havre, Normandy, France because of his father’s business. Claude Monet did drawings of the nature of Normandy and time spent along the beaches and noticing the nature. As a child, his father had always wanted him to go into the family grocery business, but he was interested in becoming an artist. He was known by people for his charcoal caricatures, this way he made money by selling them by the age of 15. Moreover, Claude went to take drawing lessons with a local artist, but his career in painting had not begun yet. He met artist Eugène Boudin, who became his teacher and taught him to use oil paints. Claude Monet …show more content…
However, Claude Monet was in terrible financial issues and his father was not helping him. He went into depression and attempted suicide in 1868 by drowning himself in the river. But, a close friend help him out in his financial situation. Monet and Camille got married on June 28th, 1870 and historically Franco-Prussian War had occurred. The couple and their son went to London to meet Paul Durand-Ruel, who was an art dealer who was amazed by Monte’s artwork and wanted to sell them. Claude Monet traveled to many places and panted many places such as Amsterdam and Holland and capturing the beauty of nature in different destinations. In 1873, "Impression, Sunrise" was painted near Le Havre’s harbor and is one of the famous works by Claude Monet. Moreover, In Argenteuil, Camille became ill in 1876. They had a second son, Michel, on March 17, 1878. The birth of the second child caused her to be weakened and Camille died on September 5th, 1879 of tuberculosis. Monet painted her to show his love towards
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York to parents Gérard Basquiat and Matilde Andradas. Little did they know at the time that Jean-Michel Basquiat would soon go down as one of the most important contemporary painters continuing to leave a legacy for decades to come after his passing. Basquiat would live a difficult life and experience many hardships until he later dies of a heroin overdose, but what he experiences during his lifetime is what shaped the way Basquiat expressed himself through his art. Basquiat’s exceedingly personal and relatable art is what guided him to being such an influential artist. “His work is likely to remain for a long time as the modern picture of
I visited Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California for the first time hoping to learn more about the European artworks this place has to offer. Norton Simon Museum holds the remarkable amounts of artwork by world-renowned artists: Vincent Van Gogh, Rembrandt van Rijin, Caravaggio, Raphael, and Pablo Picasso just to name a few. I observed many European paintings in the 18th to 19th century; I chose to discuss the artwork by the incredible Claude-Oscar Monet. Claude-Oscar Monet’s Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur, 1865 is an oil painting of a seascape on a canvas. The Parisian artist is considered one of the most influential artists in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.
Georges Seurat was a French born artist born on December 2nd 1859 in Paris, Frrance. He study at École des Beaux-Art, which was one of the most prestige art schools in the world, which is also known for training many of the renounced artist we know. George Seurat left the École des Beaux-Art and began to work on his own; he began to visit impressionist exhibitions, where he gained inspiration from the impressionist painters, such as Claude Monet. Seurat also was interested in the science of art; he explored perception, color theory and the psychological effect of line and form. Seurat experimented with all the ideas he had gained, he felt the need to go beyond the impressionist style, he started to focus on the permanence of paintin...
This poster is about Piet Mondrian who is an important artist of abstract art movement in 20th century of art history. Piet Mondrian was a famous Dutch painter he was born on March 7, 1872, Amersfoort, Netherlands. Piet Mondrian was also known as Pieter Cornelis Mondrian. Piet Mondrian was the second child of four, with two brothers and one sister.
Beginning in 1904, René Lacoste was born in Paris, France. He was a tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" by fans because of his action on the court. From 1925 to 1929, Lacoste won ten grand slam titles at the French Open, Wimbledon and Forest Hills. In 1926, inspired by his nickname, he asked his friend Robert George to design a crocodile, and it made its first appearance embroidered on a blazer of Lacoste's.
He started painting from a young age. At age 15 is when he created one of his earliest works, “Landscape at Blainville”, in this he shows influences of Monet. Duchamp worked as an artist for his entire life, he was involved partially in Cubism in his early career and was a , “pioneer of Dada, a movement that questioned long-held assumptions about what art should be, and how it should be made.” (“MoMA Learning”). Marcel Duchamp created all the way up until October 2, 1968, when he died in his studio at the age of
Claude Garamond is an interesting type designer not only because he was a leading designer, but also because he is credited with bringing both the accent and apostrophe into the French alphabet. (“Prominent Type Designers”) Garamond’s Old Style type designs are considered to be the “typographical highlight of the 16th Century”, and are still used as a basis for current typefaces. (“Type Design in the French Renaissance”) The designs were less calligraphic in nature than previous type styles, and continued to be developed after his death by Jean Jannon, leading them to be confused with Garamond’s original designs due to similarity. (“Early Typographers”)
Instead, they viewed it as unfinished. Despite continued criticism, Monet was persistent in developing his unique style. Impressionism Sunrise, Boulevard Des Capucines, and Water Lillies, are some of his most well known paintings. Specifically, Monet’s Impressionism Sunrise has become a symbol for Impressionism as a whole. This piece was originally named Sunrise, but Monet defied the critics by using the derogatory term Impressionism, as part of the title of the painting.
Monet was very sensitive to the movement towards light, who was good at discovering the connection between the light and shadow to create a series of painting which depicted the same object in different lights and angles. His painting skill about sketches and oil painting was taught by Eugène Louis Boudin, and he started to paint on site after he found that many painters imitated the artwork of the famous artists in the Louvre. Monet believed that all the landscape paintings should be painted on site, which decided he had to change his working habit and discover a new technical method to chase the rapid change of the landscape.[2] For example, a famous painting called Le Soleil Levant, it depicted a foggy harbor view of the sunrise. The boatmen were poling their boats out to sea when the sun was slowly raising and the smoke was rolling up from the chimney, the sea as a mirror in which the whole scene was reflected on it.
Claude Monet is often considered one of greatest most dedicated of the Impressionist painters. His aim was to catch the light and atmosphere, something that was scarcely done before. He enjoyed painting outdoors and developed a free and spontaneous painting technique. His brushwork is remarkably flexible and varied. He often changed his technique, sometimes broad and sweeping other times dappled and sparkling.
There is little information about Rene’s early life. He started taking lessons in drawing in 1910. At the age of 13 his mother committed suicide by drowning herself in the river, this was not her first attempt. When her body was found her dress covered her face, this lead to several of his paintings in 1927-1928 where people concealed their faces, one includes Les Amants.
Alice Hoschede and Claude Monet got married in 1892. They raised six children in Giverny. Alice was very jealous of Monet’s love for Camille. So, Alice required Monet to destroy any reminder of Camille including photographs, letters and mementos. She has once existed in some of the painting such as Claude Monet, Breakfast under the Tent, Giverny 1888 and John Singer Sargent, Mme Hoschedé and Her Son in Monet's Garden, Giverny. Over these year, Monet traveled all around the world and seldom stayed at home. Alice was left and took care the six children they have owned. In the novel, Alice is the representation of sorrow and mournfulness. Her interactions with other people in the novel has revealed her personality and her feeling towards her family and the marriage with Claude Monet.
Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris, France on June 21, 1905 and is known for this work pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism and intellectual ideals. In the early parts of his life he was drawn to philosophy after his experience with an essay written by Henri Bergson called Time and Free Will. (Nobelprize.org). Sartre journey as activist and philosophical writer was enhanced when he met Simone de Beauvoir in 1929. Sartre Attended the university called École Normale Supérieure from 1924 until 1929 and later began his career as a professor at Le Havre in 1931. (Nobelprize.org). Although Sartre published a few documents in 1936 and in 1939, regarding psychology such as the L’Imagination and the Esquisse d'une théorie des émotions; it was not until has publication of his stories (ie: The wall) which lead to his success and recognition (Nobelprize.org).
Piet Mondrian became known as an official artist in 1892, after he attended school and became a teacher. Famous artists like Van Gogh, and Picasso influenced Mondrian greatly. Mondrian sampled out two art movements, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism, before finding the right art movement for his style of painting. Mondrian originally emerged as a Post-Impressionist artist, after that a Cubist artist, then as a De Stijl artist, and eventually a Neo-Plasticism artist.
When most people think of Paul Cezanne, they think of two words genius and painting. For these two words he is consider by far to be the Father of modern painting. Cezanne was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1839. He was to die in the same town in 1906.