Claude Monet Research Paper
Claude Monet
Mieka Scott
Advanced Topics in Foreign Language
Mrs. Roos
1/31/14
“Skills come and go… Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity.” This quote by Claude Monet displays one of his many opinions on the craft. He believed that an artist had to have a painting in his head before starting, and was sure of the way he was going to execute it. Other than that, however, there was not much to understand. All else that art required of a person was to love. As arguably the most famous impressionist, Monet’s opinion is popular in the artistic community. His words were not always revered, or even well known, as his career did not take hold until around 1865. His prior …show more content…
His situation was that of basic day-to-day survival, as his father still refused to help. This began to put a lot of stress on Monet. In 1867, his lover Camille gave birth to their first child, Jean. Rejection within the Salon, lack of money, and a bout of depression caused Monet to attempt suicide a year later by throwing himself into the Seine river. He was not successful. He soon had a stroke of good luck, a man named Louis-Joachim Gaudibert became a patron of his. Gaudibert’s support secured his ability to continue working and caring for his …show more content…
Monet stayed true, and started on a series of paintings of one subject painted under different conditions. The most famous of these series were the Haystacks (1891), the Poplar series (1892), and the Rouen Cathedral (1894). He would paint the same scene over and over during different times in the day or different types of weather in order to convey how a change in lighting could create a completely different scene. During the painting of his Poplar series, he was forced to buy a section of the plot of trees from the town of Limetz in exchange for being allowed to paint them. While continuing with his series paintings, Monet continued to build the gardens at his home in 1892. He added greenhouses to the property and hired six gardeners to keep them
Mieka Scott
Advanced Topics in Foreign Language
Mrs. Roos
1/31/14
“Skills come and go… Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity.” This quote by Claude Monet displays one of his many opinions on the craft. He believed that an artist had to have a painting in his head before starting, and was sure of the way he was going to execute it. Other than that, however, there was not much to understand. All else that art required of a person was to love. As arguably the most famous impressionist, Monet’s opinion is popular in the artistic community. His words were not always revered, or even well known, as his career did not take hold until around 1865. His prior …show more content…
His situation was that of basic day-to-day survival, as his father still refused to help. This began to put a lot of stress on Monet. In 1867, his lover Camille gave birth to their first child, Jean. Rejection within the Salon, lack of money, and a bout of depression caused Monet to attempt suicide a year later by throwing himself into the Seine river. He was not successful. He soon had a stroke of good luck, a man named Louis-Joachim Gaudibert became a patron of his. Gaudibert’s support secured his ability to continue working and caring for his …show more content…
Monet stayed true, and started on a series of paintings of one subject painted under different conditions. The most famous of these series were the Haystacks (1891), the Poplar series (1892), and the Rouen Cathedral (1894). He would paint the same scene over and over during different times in the day or different types of weather in order to convey how a change in lighting could create a completely different scene. During the painting of his Poplar series, he was forced to buy a section of the plot of trees from the town of Limetz in exchange for being allowed to paint them. While continuing with his series paintings, Monet continued to build the gardens at his home in 1892. He added greenhouses to the property and hired six gardeners to keep them