Claude Monet
Monet was
born in
November
1840 in
Paris, France.
“Japanese Bridge”
Monet didn’t like
school so he walked
around on the
beaches instead
and drew
caricatures of tourist
and sold them for
money.
Monet started to spend most of his time
painting outside, painting simple landscapes
and scenes from middle-class society.
In 1874, Monet and his friends
(Manet, Renoir, Pissarro & Sisley)
had their first official show of Impressionist
Art in Paris
They were called “Impressionists” because
their worked seemed
sketchy and unfinished.
One of
Monet’s first
paintings
was titled
“Impression:
Sunrise”
…and so the name
IMPRESSIONISM
was created to describe the style of art.
Claude Monet
was the most
important of the
Impressionist
Painters.
Impressionist
painters used
color and
brushstrokes in a
new way.
Claude believed in painting by layering
colors of paint.
There are almost never any outlines in Impressionist
Art! The whole painting is just blobs and smears of
color!
Claude tried to show the changing colors and
shadows during the day. He painted this same
haystack many times. Do you know what time of
day Claude painted this?
Other times Claude would paint the same picture at
different times of the year. This was painted in the
winter.
Look closely at this painting. Can you see
the brush strokes that Claude used?
In 1883, Monet moved to Giverny
which was not far from Paris.
He bought a large farmhouse with two acres of
gardens and built a lily pond that is arched
with a Japanese bridge.
Claude
loved to
paint the
pond at his
house in
Giverny.
More than anything, Claude loved to
paint the water lilies in his pond.
In his water lily paintings Claude liked to paint
the reflections of light and color in the water.
Here’s the Japanese bridge that
Claude had built over his pond!
In this picture
Claude used his
Impressionist
style of layering to
paint his wife,
Camille.
At the age of 60, Monet’s
eyesight began to fail him.
Claude Monet
He continued to paint until
he died in 1926 at the age
of 86.
Because of his failing
eyesight his final paintings
were very large (some as big
as 40 feet wide) and were
almost abstract.
1840-1926
Claude painted many things, but he is
probably best known for his beautiful
water lily paintings.
“Japanese Bridge”
1. What is the artist’s name?
2. What year was he born?
3. Where was he born?
4. Name his style of art?
5. Describe “Impressionism”.
6. Where did he move to in 1883?
7. What did he build there?
8. What is he best known for painting?
9. What year did he die?
1. What is the artist’s name? Claude Monet
2. What year was he born? 1840
3. Where was he born? Paris, France
4. Name his style of art? Impressionism
5. Describe “Impressionism”. Sketchy & Unfinished
6. Where did he move to in 1883? Giverny
7. What did he build there? Lily Pond & Japanese Bridge
8. What is he best known for painting? Water Lilys
9. What year did he die? 1926
“Japanese Bridge”