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Artist: Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)
Nationality: French
Movement: Impressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography: Claude Monet was born in Paris, but raised on the Normandy coast. He began his art career as a caricaturist. In 1858, painter, Eugene Boudin, introduced a young Monet to landscape. One of Monet’s paintings, Impression: Sunrise, supplied the Impressionists with the name for their new movement. In 1873, Monet set up a floating studio on the Seine and began to paint landscapes in the Impressionist style. In the early years of the movement from 1874 to 1886, their exhibitions received much criticism. Yet as he grew in popularity, Monet’s work began to sell in the 1880's, making him the first Impressionist to develop an international reputation extending all the way to the United States. Monet held his position as one of France’s premiere artists until the development of Cubism. In 1899, he began a series at his home in Giverny, painting his Japanese-inspired gardens, specifically planted as subject matter for Monet’s paintings. He painted at Giverny until his death, making the famous paintings, Water lilies Monet’s final major series.
Monet's family lived in LeHavre near the sea in Northern France where he developed his lifelong direction to painting out-of-doors scenes. In the 1870s Monet and Renoir created the broken color technique of classic impressions: realizing an image of light and atmosphere. Monet wanted to make the operation of painting visible. He found delight in the reflections of water, sea breezes, the light of the sun, the pleasures of the countryside, and the value of the present moment. The term - Impressionism - came into existence when a hostile critic had looked at one of his paintings in 1874 entitled -Impression: Sunrise -. Monet had adopted Manet's concept of painting and applied it to exterior landscapes. His paintings are flooded with sunlight, they are Impressionistic in its shimmering, luminous colors. In the 1880s, the members of the original Impressionist group began to drift apart and Monet became the only artist of that period who stayed faithful to the Impressionist view of nature. About 1890, he began to paint pictures in series, showing the same subject under various conditions of light and atmosphere. He bought a house at Giverney and began to cultivate a water-lily garden. For the next 40 years he worked on pictures of his water garden. By 1900 he was quite affluent and exhibited regularly.
Artworks in Museum Collections: (40) Click the artwork titles below to see actual examples of artwork or works of art relevant to works by Claude Monet.
- Paul Paulin - Claude Monet late 1800's - e bronze, marble base Cleveland Museum of Art French
- Auguste Renoir - Claude Monet 1872 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
- Claude Monet, Waves Breaking, 1881 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
- Claude Monet, Sailboats on the Seine, 1874 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dr. Leclenché, 1864 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 18 x 12 3/4 in. (45.7 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
- Claude Monet, Eva Gonzalas, 19th - 20th century Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
- Claude Monet, The Grand Canal, Venice, 1908
- Claude Monet - The Red Kerchief: Portrait of Mrs. Monet 1868-78 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Camille Monet (1847-1879) on a Garden Bench, 1873 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 23 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Stroller (Suzanne Hoschedé, 1866-1899), 1887 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 39 5/8 x The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Bouquet of Sunflowers, 1881 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 39 3/4 x 32 in.
- Claude Monet - Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son 1875 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- View of Vétheuil, 1880 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 31 1/2 x 23 3/4 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
- Claude Monet, The Coast of Normandy Viewed from Sainte-Adresse, circa 1864 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Four Trees, 1891 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 32 1/4 x 32 1/8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Manneporte near Étretat, 1886 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 32 x 25 3/4 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Ice Floes, 1893 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 26 x 39 1/2 in. (66 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
- Claude Monet, Water Lilies, circa 1914 - 1917 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Seine at Vétheuil, 1880 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 23 3/4 x 39 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Jean Monet (1867-1913) on His Hobby Horse, 1872 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 23 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Île aux Orties near Vernon, 1897 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 28 7/8 x The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Camille Monet (1847-1879) in the Garden at Argenteuil, 1876 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Chrysanthemums, 1882 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 39 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (100.3 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Bridge over a Pool of Water Lilies, 1899 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 36 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Parc Monceau, 1878 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 28 5/8 x 21 3/8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Green Wave, 1865 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 19 1/8 x 25 1/2 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Water Lilies Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 51 1/4 x 79 in. (130.2 x The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Apples and Grapes, probably 1879-80 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 26 5/8 x 35 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Artist: Claude Monet Title: The Japanese Bridge Date: about 1922 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Valley of the Nervia, 1884 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 26 x 32 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Manneporte (Étretat), 1883 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 25 3/4 x 32 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Landscape near Zaandam, 1871 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 17 5/16 x 26 3/8 J. Paul Getty Museum
- Sunrise (Marine) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest, 1865 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 37 7/8 x The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Artist: Claude Monet Title: Still Life with Pheasants and Plovers Date: 1879 Medium: oil on The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 29 5/8 x 40 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Vétheuil in Summer, 1880 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 23 5/8 x 39 1/4 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palm Trees at Bordighera, 1884 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 25 1/2 x 32 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- La Grenouillère, 1869 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 29 3/8 x 39 1/4 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Île aux Fleurs near Vétheuil, 1880 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 26 x 32
Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30) Click on any of the links below to read about artnews or exhibitions related to Monet
National Academy of Professional Plein air Painters: Atelier Monet: Summer Workshop 2001 in La Roche-Guyon (Paris) La Roche Guyon is located 65 km west of Paris and 5
kilometres from Giverny. You will be staying in one of
two Chambre d'hotes Normande in Giverny. Each of the
five rooms has its own shower. The Impressionists were the painters
of ligh...
National Gallery of Australia: Monet and Japan The works of art that have been assembled for
Monet & Japan are truly remarkable, and the
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Speed Art Museum: Berthe Morisot: An Impressionist and Her Circle Along with Mary Cassatt, Morisot was the most well-known and successful female Impressionist painter and one of the most important woman artists of the nineteenth century. She was the first woman to join the artistic circle of the Impressionists...
National Gallery of Canada: Monet, Renoir, and the Impressionist Landscape The Impressionists'
profound influence on French landscape painting is examined as the exhibition concludes with a look at works by
other artists in th...
En Plein Air: Monet 2000 Excursion For a full-color brochure visit En Plein Air's Web
site at: http://www.epatours.com
or call En Plein Air directly:
US : 301.961.1062
Paris : (+33 1) 39 75 25 98 (phone/fax)
Please mention this announcement when you call.
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Queensland Art Gallery: Belle-Ile: Monet, Russell and Matisse in Brittany In the late nineteenth century these artists
were all drawn to Belle-Île, off the coast of
Brittany, France, by their desire to capture
on canvas the island’s dramatic,
storm-tossed coastline...
UPTOWN Cafe: Show Me The Monet: A Celebration of the Life and Art of CLAUDE MONET, 1840-1926 Lunch & dinner creations from Monets
cooking journals will be produced by The UPTOWNs chef staff. Slide shows will accompany
some ban...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: Belle-Ile: Monet, Russell and Matisse in Brittany Today, its population of 4,000
predominantly survive on tourism and fishing. The natural
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Vancouver Art Gallery: Impressionist Masterworks from the National Gallery of Canada The first Impressionist exhibition of 1874 exploded like a bombshell in the complacent world of French academic art. The young artists
who participated in this show and the seven exhibitions that followed, had abandoned historical subje...
Musee d'Orsay: The Colours of the Sea The Musée d'Orsay organises an exhibition entitled
The Colours of the Sea with Thalassa, le magazine
de la mer, a weekly television programme with a
maritime theme on
National Academy ofProfessional Plein air Painters: Summer Workshops 2000 There will be 7 full days entirely devoted to painting with the medium of your choice.
La Roche-Guyon with its castle and white chalk cliff hanging above the Seine River
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Monet, Renoir, and the Impressionist Landscape The exhibition opens with an early landscape by Claude Monet, Rue de la
Bavolle, Honfleur, placed within the context of the Realist landscape style
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National Museum of Fine Arts: Impressionism and the North There are many links between, mainly French, Impressionism and artists in the Nordic region. The exhibition shows paintings done by Paul Gauguin during his time in Copenhagen in the mid-1800s. In that same period, Danish artist Theodor Philipsen w...
National Gallery: Spirit of an Age: 19th-Century Paintings from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin
The Nationalgalerie was designed to provide a showcase for contemporary German art.
To...
National Gallery of Art: The Impressionists at Argenteuil The dazzling, lyrical paintings that make up this exhibition reflect the richness of the impressionists'
responses to the Argenteuil site and the complex dialogue that developed among them as they studied...
Bergen Art Museum: Visions of Nature from Le Petit Palais in Paris The exhibition will take the visitor on a journey through some of the most outstanding pieces of European landscape painting from the seventeenth through the beginning of the twentieth century. The viewer will have an unique opportunity to take a...
Philbrook Museum of Art: The Triumph of French Painting:
Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse ...
Brooklyn Museum of Art: Public Programs - Impressionists in Winter ...
Everson Musuem of Art: Still Life Paintings from the Collection Lie’s painting did not engender the same puzzlement or derision as did
some of the works shown at the Armory by his more experimental colleagues
(Duchamp’s Nude Descendi...
Brooklyn Museum of Art: Public Programs - Impressionists in Winter ...
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto: Chefs - d'Oeuvre du Misee de l'Orangerie ...
Brooklyn Museum of Art: Public Programs - Impressionists in Winter ...
Albright-Knox Art Gallery: The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse The exhibition is currently being presented at the Royal Academy of Art
in London, England, before concluding with its visit to the
Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The exhibition has received critical
accolades in each of its previous engagements. ...
Musee d'Orsay: Theo van Gogh : art-dealer, collector,
Vincent's brother ...
Museum of Modern Art: ModernStarts: Places
Landscape painting between 1880 and 1920 ranged from idealized and allegorical depictions of nature, as
seen in the ...
Van Gogh Museum: Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1869-1890 Art history generally ... has neglected the hand. ... The aim of this
exhibition is to reopen the question of manual dexterity and to reconsider
the physical intelligence of artists by directly confronting paintings that
are, in themse...
L.A. County Museum of Art: Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art
A major part of LACMA's mission is to bring great art to our region, said Graham W. J. Beal, the museum's director. We are delighted to share a special selection of the National
Gallery’s renowned French paintings with the people of Los Angeles....
National Gallery: Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890 Art history generally ... has neglected the hand. ... The aim of this
exhibition is to reopen the question of manual dexterity and to reconsider
the physical intelligence of artists by directly confronting paintings that
are, in themselves, dir...
Cincinnati Art Museum: European Masterpieces: Six Centuries of Paintings
from the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia This
exhibition, which make its world premiere
at the CAM, will travel the United States
while the
Denver Art Museum: Impressionism: Paintings Collected by European Museums ...
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