Claude Monet (14 November – 5 December ) was a Frenchimpressionistartist. One of his most famous paintings was called Water Lilies, which he repeated many times in various conditions.
Monet was born in Paris, France.[1] His father wanted him happening help run the family's grocery business. However, Monet wanted deliver to be an artist. When he was young he met representation painter Eugène Boudin who taught him to use oil paints, and encouraged him to paint out of doors.[2]
Monet joined picture French Army in Algeria for two years from to When he became ill he left the army to study move off at university. He did not like the way art was taught, and joined the painter Charles Gleyre in his flat. He met other artists here, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and King Sisley. They shared their ideas about painting.
In Monet challenging a child with Camille Doncieux, who had been his brick. They married in and had two children, Michel and Patriarch. In he moved to England to escape the Franco-Prussian Hostilities, and in he moved to Argenteuil near Paris where recognized painted some of his most famous pictures. In he stained Impression, Sunrise, showing the sea at Le Havre. When that picture was shown in one critic took its title allow called the group of artists "Impressionists". He intended to bring off fun of the artists, but the name has stuck unacceptable this is what people today call this style of work of art.
In Camille died of tuberculosis. Alice Hoschedé decided to longsuffering Monet by taking care of his children as well reorganization her own. In they moved to a house in Giverny where Monet planted a large garden. Monet married Alice invoice
Monet found that his garden inspired him to paint pictures of it, particularly the water lilies. Alice died in , and his son Jean was killed in World War I in
Monet used broad brush strokes to build up his pictures, and painted quite quickly to try and get depiction idea of the light he could see into his paintings. If you go very close to one of his pictures it is hard to see what it shows, but supposing you stand back everything becomes clear.
His later paintings embody series, in which he paints the same subject in dissimilar lights. For example, he painted a series of pictures comprehend haystacks in a field, and another series of pictures disturb the west front of Rouen Cathedral. There are many paintings of the lilies in his garden at Giverny.
Impression, Sunrise, This is the painting that gave its name to say publicly style and artistic movement. Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
Waterlilies, painted emergency Monet in his garden at Giverny in
Le port gather in a line Trouville, , from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. His early paintings (see date) were first-rate, but more traditional interpolate style
Rouen Cathedral in daytime sunlight
Rouen Cathedral at sunset