Claude Monet Japanese Bridge
French artist, Claude Monet, was born November 14, 1840 in Paris, France. He experimented with loose handling, bold color, and strikingly contrasting styles . As he matured, he became more aware to light and color. Monet also became increasingly sensitive to the decorative qualities of color and form, and began to apply paint in smaller strokes. Claude Monet uses cool blues and green tones that become balanced out by the colors of the bright flowers with small and short brushstrokes throughout the Impressionist painting , The Japanese bridge (The water lily pond).
Claude Monet, for the most part, Painted landscapes. He painted different versions of the same thing throughout various points of the day. This was done in order to show the diverse …show more content…
It has the bridge centered in the middle to show its importance and that it is the main topic according to the rest of the piece. There are dark green branches that cascade over the top of the bridge that are the background for half the painting. Slightly over half of the work is of the popular water lily pond that Claude Monet ever so often painted.
This Impressionist painting is done on canvas with oil paints. It was done with short, small strokes that were painted both vertically and horizontally. The water was painted vertically to create the image of the water reflecting, and the lilies are painted horizontal to make it seem as if they were floating on the water.The chosen colors are greens and blues for the outer part and are balanced off with white, purple, and pink. Monet moved to Giverny in 1883 and immediately began to develop the property behind his house into an intriguing garden and bridge which became one of his most popular landscapes to paint.He expanded a pond that was on his seven acre land , and then he soon started to develop the rest of the area. He encircled the lagoon with an active arrangement of flowers, trees, and bushes, and the next year filled it with water lilies. He added the Japanese-style wooden bridge in 1895, then a few years later started to paint the pond and its water lilies. His passion for gardening and landscape painting tied together
Claude Monet, for the most part, Painted landscapes. He painted different versions of the same thing throughout various points of the day. This was done in order to show the diverse …show more content…
It has the bridge centered in the middle to show its importance and that it is the main topic according to the rest of the piece. There are dark green branches that cascade over the top of the bridge that are the background for half the painting. Slightly over half of the work is of the popular water lily pond that Claude Monet ever so often painted.
This Impressionist painting is done on canvas with oil paints. It was done with short, small strokes that were painted both vertically and horizontally. The water was painted vertically to create the image of the water reflecting, and the lilies are painted horizontal to make it seem as if they were floating on the water.The chosen colors are greens and blues for the outer part and are balanced off with white, purple, and pink. Monet moved to Giverny in 1883 and immediately began to develop the property behind his house into an intriguing garden and bridge which became one of his most popular landscapes to paint.He expanded a pond that was on his seven acre land , and then he soon started to develop the rest of the area. He encircled the lagoon with an active arrangement of flowers, trees, and bushes, and the next year filled it with water lilies. He added the Japanese-style wooden bridge in 1895, then a few years later started to paint the pond and its water lilies. His passion for gardening and landscape painting tied together