Claude Monet

Merely painting Impressions

Claude MonetImpressionism

Impression, Sunrise, 1872Oil on canvas

Pleine Aire Painting: paintings done quickly outdoors

A true Impressionist

Painted the immediate effects of color and light.

This painting was shown in the Salon of 1877 where a critic had said:” This is merely an impression”.

Claude MonetImpressionism

“Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through the Fog” 1904, Oil on canvas

Monet was interested in portraying the effects of light.

Creates his paintings through a system of short dabs of color

Plein Aire Painting

Captures a time of day and so the paintings must be done quickly

Claude MonetImpressionism

Plein Aire

Light and Color as the subject

Captures a time of day

Short Brush strokes

Movement away from painting realistic images

Realization of paint as an opaque and textured medium.

Houses of Parliament, 1904

Claude MonetImpressionism

Plein Aire

Light and Color as the subject

Captures a time of day

Short Brush strokes

Movement away from painting realistic images

Realization of paint as an opaque and textured medium.

Houses of Parliament, 1905

Claude MonetImpressionism

“Rouen Cathedral”(West Portal, Dull Weather, 1894)painted 1892Oil on canvas

One of the most famous series of paintings in all the world

He painted this cathedral at different times of day. Morning, Midday, and Evening.

The subject here is the Effects of Light on the façade of the cathedral rather than the cathedral itself

Claude MonetImpressionism

“Rouen Cathedral, Harmony in Blue and Gold”dated 1894, painted 1893Oil on canvas

One of the most famous series of paintings in all the world

He painted this cathedral at different times of day. Morning, Midday, and Evening.

The subject here is the Effects of Light on the façade of the cathedral rather than the cathedral itself

Claude MonetImpressionism

Haystacks at Chailly, 1865, Oil

Monet’s Haystacks are equally famous to his series of the Rouen Cathedral.

Claude MonetImpressionism

Garden at Sainte Addresse, 1867, Oil

This painting captures the beauty of the light of the day

Also captures the pollution of the ships in the distance

The painting acts as a snapshot capturing a specific time and place.

Claude MonetImpressionism

Bathing at LaGrenouillere, Oil

Plein Aire

Light and Color as the subject

Avant Guarde

Short Brush strokes

Movement away from painting realistic images

Realization of paint as an opaque and textured medium.

Claude MonetImpressionism

The Regatta at Argentueil

Claude MonetImpressionism

Highway Bridge at Argentueil

Claude MonetImpressionism

Water Lilies (the clouds)

Claude MonetImpressionism

Water Lilies, 1906

One of the many paintings from the water lilies series

Almost becoming abstract

Beautiful color and immense size.

These paintings later became the trademark of Monet

Claude MonetImpressionism

Japanese Bridge, 1924

Painted only two years before his death.

Painted when his eyesight was poor.

Showing the influence of the Japanese culture.

Almost purely abstract