FREE WHO WAS CLAUDE MONET? PDF Ann Waldron,Stephen Marchesi | 105 pages | 23 Jul 2009 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780448449852 | English | New York, United States Claude Monet | Biography, Art, & Facts | Britannica Monet's ambition of documenting the French countryside led him to adopt a method of painting the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons. He began painting the water lilies infirst in vertical views with a Japanese bridge as a central feature and later in the series Who Was Claude Monet? large-scale paintings that was to occupy him continuously for the next 20 years of his life. Claude Monet Who Was Claude Monet? born on 14 November on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffittein the 9th arrondissement of Paris. On 20 Mayhe was baptized in the local parish church, Notre- Dame-de-Loretteas Oscar-Claude, but his parents called him simply Oscar. Despite being baptized Catholic, Monet later became an atheist. Inhis family moved to Le Havre in Normandy. His father wanted him to go into the family's ship-chandling and grocery business, [11] but Monet wanted to become an artist. His mother was a singer, and supported Monet's desire for a career in art. On 1 AprilMonet entered Le Havre secondary school of the arts. Locals knew him well for his charcoal caricatures, which he would sell for ten to twenty francs. Boudin taught Monet " en plein air " outdoor techniques for painting. On 28 Januaryhis mother died. At the age of sixteen, he left school and went to live with his widowed, childless aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre. When Monet traveled to Paris to visit the Louvrehe witnessed painters copying from the old masters. Having brought his paints and other tools with him, he would instead go and sit by a window and paint what he saw. After drawing a low ballot number in MarchMonet was drafted into the First Regiment of African Light Cavalry Chasseurs d'Afrique in Algeria for a seven-year period of military service. His prosperous father could have purchased Monet's exemption from conscription but declined to do so when his son refused to give up painting. While in Algeria, Monet did only a few sketches of casbah scenes, a single landscape, and several portraits of officers, all of which have been lost. In a Le Temps interview of however he commented that the light and vivid colours of North Africa "contained the germ of my future researches". Following convalescence, Monet's aunt intervened to remove him from the army if he agreed to complete a course at an art school. It is possible that the Dutch painter Johan Barthold Jongkindwhom Monet knew, may have prompted his aunt on this matter. Together they shared new approaches to art, painting the effects of light en plein air with broken colour and rapid brushstrokes, in what later came to be known as Impressionism. It was later cut up, with parts now in different galleries. Both this painting and a small landscape were hung. Camille became pregnant and gave birth to their first child, Jeanin During this time Monet painted various works of modern life. He and Camille lived in poverty for most of this period. Following the successful exhibition of some maritime Who Was Claude Monet?, and the winning of a silver medal at Le Havre, Monet's paintings were seized by creditors, from whom they were bought back by a shipping merchant, Gaudibert, who was also a patron of Boudin. At their first exhibition, held in AprilMonet exhibited the work that was to give the group its lasting name. He was inspired by the style and subject matter of previous modern painters Camille Pissarro and Edouard Manet. Impression, Sunrise was painted indepicting a Le Havre port landscape. From the painting's title the art critic Louis Leroyin his review, "L'Exposition des Impressionnistes," which appeared in Le Charivaricoined the term " Impressionism ". After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War 19 JulyMonet and his family took refuge in England in September[24] where he studied the works of John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turnerboth of whose landscapes would serve to inspire Monet's innovations in the study of colour. In the spring ofMonet's Who Was Claude Monet? were refused authorisation for inclusion in the Royal Academy exhibition. In Mayhe left London to live in Zaandamin the Netherlands[19] where he made Who Was Claude Monet? paintings and the police suspected him of revolutionary activities. In October or Novemberhe returned to France. From December to he lived at Argenteuila village on the right bank of the Seine river near Paris, and a popular Sunday-outing destination for Parisians, where he painted some of his best-known works. InMonet purchased a small boat equipped to be used as a floating studio. Who Was Claude Monet? first Impressionist exhibition was held in at 35 boulevard des Capucines, Paris, from 15 April to 15 May. The primary purpose of the participants was not so much to promote a new style, but to free themselves from the constraints of the Salon de Paris. The exhibition, open to anyone prepared to pay 60 francs, gave artists the opportunity to show their work without the interference of a jury. Renoir chaired the hanging committee and did most of the work himself, as others members failed to present themselves. In addition to Impression: Sunrise pictured aboveMonet presented four oil paintings and seven pastels. Among the paintings he displayed was The Luncheonwhich features Camille Doncieux and Jean Monetand which had been rejected by the Paris Salon of Monet painted the subject twice, and it is uncertain which of the two pictures, that now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, or that in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas Citywas the painting that appeared Who Was Claude Monet? the groundbreaking exhibition, though more recently the Moscow picture has been favoured. The total attendance is estimated atand some works did sell, though some exhibitors had placed their prices too high. Pissarro was asking francs for The Orchard and Monet the same for Impression: Sunriseneither of which sold. Woman in the GardenWho Was Claude Monet?, HermitageSt. Petersburg; a Who Was Claude Monet? in the effect of sunlight and shadow on colour. The Magpie— See also Snow at Argenteuil. La plage de Trouville, National Who Was Claude Monet?London. SpringtimeWalters Art Museum. InCamille Monet became ill with tuberculosis. Their second son, Michelwas born on 17 March This second child weakened her already fading health. InCamille Monet was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Monet made a study in oils of his dead wife. Many years later, Monet confessed to his friend Georges Clemenceau that his need to analyse colours was both the joy and torment of his life. He explained. I one day found myself looking at my beloved wife's dead face and just systematically noting the colours Who Was Claude Monet? to an automatic reflex! John Berger describes the work as "a blizzard of white, grey, purplish paint In fact there can be very few death-bed paintings which have been so intensely felt or subjectively expressive. After several difficult months following the death of Camille, Monet began to create some of his best paintings of the 19th century. During the early s, Monet painted several groups of landscapes and seascapes in what he considered to be campaigns to document the French countryside. These began to evolve into series of pictures in which he documented the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons. In Aprillooking out the window of the little train between Vernon and Gasny, he discovered Giverny in Normandy. Monet rented and eventually purchased a house and gardens in Who Was Claude Monet?. At the beginning of MayMonet and his large family rented the home and 8, square metres 2. The house was situated near the main road between the towns of Vernon and Gasny at Giverny. There was a barn that doubled as a painting studio, orchards and a small garden. The house was close enough to the local schools for the children to attend, and the surrounding landscape offered many suitable motifs Who Was Claude Monet? Monet's work. The family worked and built up the gardens, and Monet's fortunes began to change for the better as his dealer, Paul Durand-Ruelhad increasing success in selling his paintings. During the s, Monet built a greenhouse and a second studio, a spacious building well lit Who Was Claude Monet? skylights. Monet wrote daily instructions to his gardener, precise designs and layouts for plantings, and invoices for his floral purchases and his collection of botany books. As Monet's wealth grew, his garden evolved. He remained its architect, even after he hired seven gardeners. Monet purchased additional land with a water meadow. Who Was Claude Monet? he began a vast landscaping project which included lily ponds that would become the subjects of his best-known works. White water lilies local to France were planted along with imported cultivars from South America and Egypt, resulting in a range of colours Who Was Claude Monet? yellow, blue and white Who Was Claude Monet? that turned pink with age. By the mids Monet had achieved:. Water Lilies, Art Institute of Chicago. Water Liliesc. Monet's second wife, Alice, died inand his oldest son Jean, who had married Alice's daughter Blanche, Monet's particular favourite, died in It was during this time that Monet began to develop the first signs of cataracts.