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Claude Monet (CLAWD maw NEH) was born in Paris, France. Even as a young teenager it became apparent that he had artistic ability. He would draw caricatures of his teachers on his schoolwork. A caricature is a drawing that represents the person, but certain features will be exaggerated, or made larger than they actually are. He began to charge people to draw their caricatures and was able to have a steady income and even save some money.
He served for two years in the military in Algeria on the continent of Africa, but he became ill and was sent home to recover.
He married and he and Camille had two sons. Unfortunately Camille died a year after their second son Michael was born.
Portrait of Claude Monet by Nadar
He enjoyed painting outdoors observing how the light would change as the day progressed. He painted some scenes over and over again, and each would be different from the others because it was painted at a different time of day.
Monet and several other artists were experimenting with a method of putting paint on the canvas without blending the colors. Brush strokes and dabs of color would be placed side by side. Monet called it the "division of colours". When you stepped back from the canvas, your eyes would blend the colors together. This was not the traditional method of painting, and many people rejected their works.In 1874 the artists decided to have their own art show at the studio of a photographer, G.F.T. Nadar who lived in Paris. More than 3,000 visitors came to the exhibit. The artists became known as "Impressionists" because Monet had titled one of his paintings " Impression - Sunrise ". Also some said the paintings looked unfinished and were just first "impressions". The artists who presented the show called themselves "Independents".
When Monet was fifty years old he bought some property in Giverny, a village outside Paris. He made a water garden that included water lilies and a Japanese bridge. The latter part of his life was devoted to paintings made in his water garden.
Toward the end of his life his eyesight became poor, but he continued to paint until his death. In fact, when he died, he was working on a huge water lily painting that today hangs unfinished in the Orangerie of the Tuileries (tweel REE) Gardens in France.
Biography of Monet
My History
Autobiography by Monet
Monet
photograph and biography
Biography of Monet
photograph
Biography of Monet
Monet's Paintings in the Netherlands
Parasols
The Japanese Bridge
Boats
Information about Monet
at Humanities Web
The Art Room 114
children paint pictures in the style of Monet.
Art Project
Claude Monet's Pizza Day
Monet's Garden by the Sea
art lesson for grades 6-8 (can be modified for other age groups)
Monet and Impressionism
art lesson for grades 4-6
Monet's Garden
art lesson - tempera/chalk painting
Art History
online interactive art lesson - elementary
Monet Biography and Prints
interactive art (Spanish version)
The Water Lily Pond and Bridge
Monet, Claude
Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Monet
By Grolier Publishing Company
Introduce your young students to the fabulous and fun world of art with the World's Greatest Artists Series. Full-color reproductions and kid-friendly overviews of the artists' life are presented alongside cartoon-characters of the artist, bringing a clever dimension to the series. Fun and educational, these light yet realistic books make an easy and exciting transition into studying the fine arts. 32 pages, ages 4-8.
Monet DVD
By Kultur International Films
Never was a world so completely turned upside down as with the arrival of the Impressionist School. Cezanne, Seurat and Manet all produced inspirational and at the time even controversial works which completely revolutionized thinking in the world of art. Running time: 50 minutes.
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