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Claude Monet. Merely painting Impressions. Claude Monet. Impressionism. Pleine Aire Painting : paintings done quickly outdoors A true Impressionist Painted the immediate effects of color and light. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
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
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