Research Paper On Monet

Monet’s work was inspired by Edouard Manet, an early nineteenth century, pre-impressionist, painter who was an important figure in between impressionism and realism. Manet’s work inspired Monet to fully commit to the idea of impressionist painting. When discussing his paintings and the inspiration behind them, Monet, said “When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before youa tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streakof yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact colour and shape, until it gives your own naive impression of the scene before you”. This period of Impressionist art was extremely popular in the late nineteenth century.
The type of art the impressionists were creating was about the depiction of nature and other real subjects and then focussing on the emotional effect and sensory impression of the works. The loose style of painting typically depicted pure and intense colors, and they were not necessarily about recreating a scene in true color and form. The impressionists were revolutionary in not only their subject matter, as well as their technique which involved forgetting what society had been taught was art.
The idea of painting with the rules of chiaroscuro and tenebrism were completely discarded for a more whimsical portrayal of light. Eventually, Monet became friends with other young artists including Paul Cezánne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. They focused more on the realistic content that involved everyday life, including cities, nature and people in their familiar environment. The unfinished quality is unique to the impressionism era, and the paintings were described as an impression, and the term stuck. The group of painters wanted to show the world as they saw it, or their impression of the world. Monet, specifically, was concerned with capturing light in its natural form. Monet did not desire to idealize nature, he simply wanted to capture the spontaneity of
it. Monet was and still is an extremely influential artist, who's paintings have reached into all corners of the world. His paintings have been desired by all museums and art collectors for the past century. The sheer number of paintings that Monet was able to create is astonishing. While some of the pieces from his series have managed to stay together, a majority of them have been separated and are moved around the globe for maximum amount of appreciation. His extensive body of works makes his art fairly easy to find. His works are exhibited all over the United States and Europe, and some of his pieces have even exhibited in museums throughout Japan and Australia. Monet’s most famous work most likely includes a piece from his series of paintings from his backyard at his home in Giverny.
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, another one of Monet’s more famous pieces is at the MET museum in New York City. The Art Institute of Chicago has several of Monet’s Haystacks on a permanent collection. The largest collection of Monet’s Water Lilies paintings, from his extensive series is located in Paris, France at the Musée de l’Orangerie. The museum displays eight compositions in large oval shaped rooms with immense natural light. Another painting of the church of Varengeville is located across the Atlantic Ocean in the Barber institute of fine arts in Birmingham, England. This painting is very similar in composition and identical in content to the painting housed at the Speed Art Institute. The key difference is the much warmer coloration and the intense lighting coming from behind the church. The painting at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY is tiny in comparisons and muted in color to some of Monet’s later works, but it still encapsulates the main intentions from his overall body of
work. Claude Monet’s Painting of the Church of Varengeville, Grey weather, is an alluring oil painting that has captivated the eyes of its viewers for many decades. His role in starting the impressionist movement was monumental and his specific manner in painting, has made his paintings reputable and influential in the world of art. Monet was contemporary and disobedient of the rules of art during the nineteenth century. His use of color to portray light was the most radical aspect of his technique and evident in his painting of the Church of Varengeville, Grey Weather. The Church he painted, that is housed at the speed art museum is a magical and soothing painting that disregards the need for perspective and depth in order to put focus on the natural light and feeling of the painting.