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"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." ~ Aristotle
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." ~ Aristotle
Claude Monet was a 19th century Impressionist and is most famous for paintings he did of his own lily ponds. He led the artistic movement of French Impressionism, his painting "Impression, Soleil Levant" (Impression Sunrise -painted in 1872) is where the term for these artists' style comes from. Monet painted with oils and did his paintings very quickly (he also worked with pastel). He always preferred to paint out of doors (plein air) regardless of the weather. Towards the end of his life he painted inside in a giant green house like addition to his house, thus giving the same effect of painting outside. Claude Monet's sight worsened later in life. He developed cataracts that affected his vision and the perceived color that he saw, this in turn caused the paintings he did at this time to have a red cast to them. After having two surgeries to remove his cataracts, he went back over those paintings to correct the color. Interestingly Monet also did multiple versions of his paintings, if one wasn't successful in being juried he would paint another version to submit in the future. I think he wanted to capture the intricate changes of light in his pieces. One of the scenes he did of poppies, he painted 3 canvases (that were set up side by side) consecutively to show the change of light on the same scene.
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AuthorSarah Lowe is an avid art enthusiast. Besides creating art she loves to enjoy other artists' work. This blog is about articles, websites or other art related items she's come across and thinks that you might enjoy too! Categories
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