As far as I can remember, I've appreciated impressionist art. My favorite impressionist painter is Claude Monet.
Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840 to a merchant father. He spent much of his childhood in Le Havre. Despite his father’s desire for him to become a grocer, Monet maintained a strong passion for art. As a youth, he gained recognition in Le Havre for his charcoal impressionist works, which provided him with some income. In 1859, Monet became a student in Paris at the Académie Suisse, then served briefly as a conscript in Algeria from 1860 to 1862. After being released from his conscription service, he again returned Paris where met a number of well-known artists including Whistler, Manet, and Renoir.
Over the next several years, Monet began building his reputation as an impressionist painter. He worked from nature, as did many impressionist painters, and was particularly skilled at reflecting the impact of weather and light on his subjects. Following the death of his wife, Camille Doncieux, in 1879, he began traveling throughout France and painting various landscape scenes. His reputation as one of the best impressionist painters continued to grow, and he was able to earn a good living from his work. After World War I, Monet began to lose his eyesight, but he continued to paint throughout his life until he died of lung cancer in 1926.
I have been fortunate to visit Giverny where Monet lived a good portion of this life, twice.
I like Claude Monet's landscape paintings the most, he knew how to blend the colours and shadings very well to capture the landscape. Monet's paintings are mostly detailed and meticulously done although he used dots and lines as the main brush strokes. He also knew how to use different colours and shadings to capture the same objects that he focused on.
Claude Monet was the originator of the Impressionism style of painting. The term of Impressionism originated from his painting titled "Impression, Sunrise" (see centre photo in above montage) or "Impression, soleil levant" in French language.
Here is a recent painting of a sunset over a mountain that I'm working on.
Have a great week
Danielle
Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840 to a merchant father. He spent much of his childhood in Le Havre. Despite his father’s desire for him to become a grocer, Monet maintained a strong passion for art. As a youth, he gained recognition in Le Havre for his charcoal impressionist works, which provided him with some income. In 1859, Monet became a student in Paris at the Académie Suisse, then served briefly as a conscript in Algeria from 1860 to 1862. After being released from his conscription service, he again returned Paris where met a number of well-known artists including Whistler, Manet, and Renoir.
Over the next several years, Monet began building his reputation as an impressionist painter. He worked from nature, as did many impressionist painters, and was particularly skilled at reflecting the impact of weather and light on his subjects. Following the death of his wife, Camille Doncieux, in 1879, he began traveling throughout France and painting various landscape scenes. His reputation as one of the best impressionist painters continued to grow, and he was able to earn a good living from his work. After World War I, Monet began to lose his eyesight, but he continued to paint throughout his life until he died of lung cancer in 1926.
I have been fortunate to visit Giverny where Monet lived a good portion of this life, twice.
Claude Monet was the originator of the Impressionism style of painting. The term of Impressionism originated from his painting titled "Impression, Sunrise" (see centre photo in above montage) or "Impression, soleil levant" in French language.
Here is a recent painting of a sunset over a mountain that I'm working on.
Danielle
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