Claude Monet

“Japanese Bridge”

Monet was born in

November 1840 in

Paris, France.

Monet didn’t like school so he walked

around on the beaches instead

and drew caricatures of tourist

and sold them for money.

Monet started to spend most of his time painting outside, painting simple landscapes

and scenes from middle-class society.

In 1874, Monet and his friends

(Manet, Renoir, Pissarro & Sisley)

had their first official show of Impressionist Art in Paris

They were called “Impressionists” because their worked seemed

sketchy and unfinished.

…and so the name IMPRESSIONISM

was created to describe the style of art.

One of Monet’s first

paintings was titled

“Impression: Sunrise”

Claude Monet was the most

important of the Impressionist

Painters. Impressionist painters used

color and brushstrokes in a

new way.

Claude believed in painting by layering colors of paint.

There are almost never any outlines in Impressionist Art! The whole painting is just blobs and smears of

color!

Claude tried to show the changing colors and shadows during the day. He painted this same

haystack many times. Do you know what time of day Claude painted this?

Other times Claude would paint the same picture at different times of the year. This was painted in the

winter.

Look closely at this painting. Can you see the brush strokes that Claude used?

In 1883, Monet moved to Giverny which was not far from Paris.

He bought a large farmhouse with two acres of gardens and built a lily pond that is arched

with a Japanese bridge.

Claude loved to paint the

pond at his house in Giverny.

More than anything, Claude loved to paint the water lilies in his pond.

In his water lily paintings Claude liked to paint the reflections of light and color in the water.

Here’s the Japanese bridge that Claude had built over his pond!

In this picture Claude used his Impressionist style of layering to paint his wife, Camille.

At the age of 60, Monet’s eyesight began to fail him.

He continued to paint until he died in 1926 at the age

of 86.

Because of his failing eyesight his final paintings

were very large (some as big as 40 feet wide) and were

almost abstract. 1840-1926

Claude Monet

Claude painted many things, but he is probably best known for his beautiful

water lily paintings.

“Japanese Bridge”

1. What is the artist’s name? 2. What year was he born? 3. Where was he born? 4. Name his style of art?

6. Where did he move to in 1883? 7. What did he build there? 8. What is he best known for painting? 9. What year did he die?

5. Describe “Impressionism”.

1. What is the artist’s name? 2. What year was he born? 3. Where was he born? 4. Name his style of art?

6. Where did he move to in 1883? 7. What did he build there? 8. What is he best known for painting? 9. What year did he die?

Claude Monet 1840

Paris, France Impressionism

Giverny

Lily Pond & Japanese Bridge Water Lilys

1926

5. Describe “Impressionism”.

Sketchy & Unfinished

“Japanese Bridge”