Claude monet (1840- 1926) was born in Paris and spent his childhood in Paris. He didn't take the usual path of a painter, but started by drawing cartoons. He became famous in drawing cartoons and was praised by Europe and America. Budan's concern (eugene boudin, 1824- 1898). Budan once said to Monet, "Anything painted on the spot always has a kind of strength, realism and vivid brushwork that can't be obtained in the studio in the future." Monet did what Budan said in his later painting career, because his heart was full of love for nature.

Soon, Monet was painted by the Dutch painter John? Basor? De? Joan Kang's creation attracted her. The painter painted bridges, rural scenes, river banks and dilapidated thatched cottages with more turbulent, exciting and vivid brushstrokes than his contemporaries in France. Monet obtained basic artistic accomplishment from Budan and Joan Kang.

1859, Monet came to Paris, where he met Gustav? Courbet (18 19- 1877), Jean-batiste? Camier? Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796- 1875) and Edward? The creation of Edward Manet. He carefully appreciated their painting strength and used their achievements at an amazing speed. But Monet is not their follower, but a rebel. Monet didn't want to finish his painting course in college. He only stayed in the studio of Gray College in 1863 for a while. When he met Basil and Alfred. Sisley (1839- 1899) and Pierre? August? After being persuaded by Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), they gave up the courses of learning Chinese characters. When Gray College's studio closed, he took his friends to Sheyi, a small village near Fontainebleau Forest, where he drew outdoor sketches.

When Monet left the studio of Gray College, he did not enrich his rather poor artistic accomplishment, but devoted himself to the pure and intuitive observation of natural life with fiery faith. He didn't buy any theories at all, but developed his own painting method.

Monet was indifferent to modeling all his life, but he cared about the correct hierarchy. It is precisely because Monet is incompatible with modeling that he can easily show what he really sees, but it is precisely because of this that he cannot show the illusion and realism of things.

Monet is not only satisfied with being able to draw what he sees and draw in the way he sees; He wants to create a unique effect and achieve a purpose that seems impossible in painting. He likes everything that dazzles people. The rivers, sky, houses and trees he described are full of extraordinary sense of life. His heart is full of uncontrollable excitement; From his point of view, he is a realist, but from his nature, he is a visionary.

1864, Monet completed The Seine Estuary of Onfeller. This painting was exhibited in the official salon of 1865 and was warmly welcomed. Commenting on the painting, critics said, "The harmonious colors made up of tones ... can attract the audience's bold feeling." This shows that the official can fully understand that people like this painting very much. Oil painting shows rich midtones and that dim and calm color scale. The deep space has been successfully treated through the river bank line, which traditionally marks the long-term view. In this painting, for Monet's own things, it is the "bold feeling that can attract the audience" expressed by the brush strokes of foreground water and clouds; These strokes enhance the traditional effect of the picture.

1866, Monet completed and exhibited the portrait of his future wife "Lady in Green-Kamei Instrument" in a few days. This portrait caused controversy, but on the whole it was successful; Some people even compare it with MANET's portrait. This portrait fully shows Monet's personality: his indifference to modeling, the momentum of this woman and the trembling light on her skirt give the whole painting special persuasion; This creates a sense of motivation and vividness.

In the same year, Monet exhibited "Saint-Germain? The painting "The Church of Othello" is of greater significance to the development of his later painting style. He painted this oil painting on the balcony of the Louvre. This painting is to show the reflection on the leaves. Side-by-side strokes vividly show the vibration of the air, and the combination of these strokes achieves the vivid effect of green, yellow, green and black shadows. The pen method here saved the impressionism, but the color was not transparent enough, and even the blue shadow was still turbid; They are painted black. Compared with the trembling leaves, churches and houses are too dense. There is no overall image in the painting, but the painting of leaves reveals a little Monet's ideal color to us.

"Woman in Green-Kamei Instrument" is a figure painting completed in the studio; "Saint-Germain? Othello church is a landscape painting under external light. The painting "The Woman in the Garden" combines these two observation methods. The pictures here are basically arranged according to a photo, which shows that Monet doesn't mind letting the composition obey the contingency of natural scenery. Photos should have reminded Monet of the far-reaching influence of space, but Monet didn't mind. What interests him is only the plane and color contrast. It is precisely because the characters in this painting have no three-dimensional sense and no ups and downs that colors can show their brilliance and diversity here. The floral decoration on women's clothes, the flowers on the lawn, the leaves protruding from a large area of thick green, the sky exposed from the cracks in the leaves and the light penetrating the shadows all create a colorful mosaic effect. But this oil painting lacks tonal effect: light and shadow fall on the same plane occupied by the characters, so the light cannot penetrate the human body and become a tangible entity. The inherent color of large films has played an excessive role. All these together are more a formula than the real expression you see, but this formula is an unprecedented bold plan. Once the formulation of this program disappears, the light will penetrate into the alto, life will penetrate into every stroke, and the overall unity will be formed. At that time, art will become colorful and impressionism will be fully mature.

1872, Monet created the world-famous Impression Sunrise. This oil painting depicts watching the sunrise through the mist in Afar Port. The painting strokes that directly poke the main points depict the unclear background in the morning fog, and various colors give the water infinite brilliance, but the inaccurate painting method makes those boats faintly visible. This painting was exhibited in the 1 th Impressionist Artists Exhibition, which opened on March 25th, 874. This painting is the most typical of Monet's paintings.

Monet is undoubtedly a creative genius in visual observation. He is good at finding a phenomenon that has never been found before from the relationship between light and color. He focused all his attention on light and color, and found the most suitable form to express the brightness difference between light and color. He abstracted the brightness difference between light and color from various other factors in painting and raised it to an unattainable height. Monet's visual observation is gifted, creative and extraordinary, but what is behind this observation? What does what he saw have to do with what he felt and imagined?

During the period of 1874-78, some of Monet's paintings in Tey and Aginte can answer these questions. Such as 1872' s "Agintei Sailing Boat". In this painting, the intermediate tone replaces the color contrast, but not by mixing colors, but by forming a comprehensive effect of light with color decomposition or combination. Black no longer appears in the painter's palette, but only creates bright and dark spectral colors, forming a three-dimensional shape. The unified color style naturally permeates the whole picture: distant view and close view, objects, water and sky, which transform all these into a wonderful and moving scene, and a seamless and non-hierarchical spatial perspective connects this distant view and close view into a whole. The shades of purple and yellow are interwoven with the blue of the river and the sky. The tonal differences of these colors clearly distinguish these natural phenomena, and the mirror-calm river seems to be the foundation of the sky. The perspective of geometry is forgotten; Instead, the air is constantly moving. Each color looks soft individually, but their whole is strong; What appeared in front of us were the fireworks on the horizon and the picture of the day disappearing. A sailboat quietly stopped in the gray half shadow. This is the intuition of a visionary. In this smoky, sunset and melancholy atmosphere, Monet seems to be the life of light and directly participates in its gradual demise. This is the harvest period of Monet's creation, and he created the legend of color.

The "Saint Lachal Railway Station" painted by Saint Lachal Railway Station 1877 is a painting of Paris Railway Station, which is the actual "impression" of a daily life scene. Monet was fascinated by the effect of light passing through the glass ceiling to steam clouds, and the shape of locomotives and carriages emerging from chaos. Monet thinks that the magical effect of light and air is the most important. He skillfully balanced the tone and color of the picture. This painting shows strength, space, contrast and movement well.

1883, Monet lived in Verne, where he built a small garden for painting. He planted many lotus flowers in the pond, which led him to discover the theme of realizing his plan: painting some hard bodies, water and air, and trying to blend them together. The resulting group paintings "Water Lily" and "Fairy Pool, Rose Harmony" are one of this group of paintings. This painting reflects Monet's desire to integrate things with me, but it is not sad.

Everyone who studies the development of Monet's creative activities will find that if the initial fate contributed to Monet's development trend, then later he created his own destiny. Monet became the founder of Impressionism and was recognized by friends as the "head of the school" because of Monet's unshakable strong will. As we all know, impressionism means a change in the way of feeling and observation. It changed not only painting, but also sculpture, music and literature. Even today, it has not lost its influence and is still changing us.

Biographical notes

Claude monet (1840- 1926) was born in Paris. Father Curudo? Adolf? Monet is a businessman.

1845 came to Arfor, a port in northern France, where he was studying. During school, Monet's only hobby was painting, so his academic performance was poor.

1855 Monet is famous in the local area. His cartoons are exhibited and sold at the stationery store for 20 francs each. Know a landscape painter through the introduction of an art dealer? Budan, influenced by Budan, Monet was full of love for nature and began to learn to draw landscapes with oil paintings and sketches.

From 1858, Monet accepted a painting concept different from that of the academic school from Butan, studied painting abroad, and exhibited a work at the exhibition in Rouen.

1859 came to Paris in May and met Gustav there? Courbet (18 19- 1877), Jean-batiste? Camier? Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796- 1875) and Edward? The creation of Edward Manet.

1860, Monet entered the Swiss Institute and practiced human body sketch. Here, he came into contact with some painters who later became impressionists, such as Camier? Pissarro (1830- 1903), etc. In the autumn of the same year, Monet was incorporated into the French African Corps and went to Algiers for military service. During his military service, the army allowed him to paint, where he painted a portrait of the captain's wife.

1862 At the beginning of the year, Monet returned to his home in Arfor from the military camp to recuperate because of anemia. At this time, he met the Dutch painter Joan Kang and worked with Joan Kang and Budan.

1863, Monet took his classmates' painting friends to Fontainebleau forest near barbizon village in the southern suburbs of Paris, where he created. In the light of the outside world, we created a batch of works in barbizon style.

Monet came to Anglefleur to paint in 1864. Here, Monet's two landscapes depicting the Seine, Cape Evo at Low Tide and Port Angfler, were selected as the official salon of 1865.

During the period of 1866, a full-length portrait of a woman in green based on her lover Camus was exhibited in the salon, which was praised by the critic Emile? Emile Zola l84 1- 1902). In the summer of the same year, Monet's Woman in the Courtyard was unsuccessful in the salon of 1867. 1in the autumn of 866, Monet destroyed about 200 works and returned to Arfor in order to avoid debt collectors.

1867 Camus, who was pregnant, stayed in Paris without Monet's father's permission. Monet lives in his aunt's house. Camus gave birth to his first child in July, so he had to ask Bazi of Paris to be the godfather. In the next few years, Monet always painted in and around Arfor, including Boudin, Joan Kang and sometimes Courbet. During the period, due to the tense relationship with my father, I was financially strapped and had a hard life. To this end, Monet once had the idea of suicide.

1869, he returned to Paris and participated in the artists' gathering of "Cafe Girbo". Probably because I left school early and felt that I was not well educated, I seldom participated in the debate. By this time, he was already poor.

1June 870 Monet and Camus formally married. In September, Monet entrusted his wife and son to Budan and went to London alone. There, I met Dubbini (18 17- 1878) and pissarro, and then I painted in the Thames and parks with pissarro. When visiting the art gallery, the British painter William? Turner (William Turner, 1775- 185 1), John? Constable's (1776- 1837) works fascinated him. In order to find a market for Monet's works, Dubbini introduced me here to meet the painter Tommy Tam? Regret. The man showed sympathy for poor painters and has been subsidizing them ever since.

Monet's father died at the beginning of 187 1 and he left England. Under the mobilization of Dubbini, he went to Holland and stayed until the end of the year.

1872 Monet wrote Sunrise, which became famous all over the world after sunrise. Impression ",and the 1874 Impressionist Artists Joint Exhibition, which opened on March 25th.

1873 After returning to Paris, with the help of Manet, Monet settled in Argenteuil, north of Paris. And built a ship's studio on the Seine. At this point, with his creation and Alfred? Ashley (1839- 1899), Edward? Edward Manet (1832- 1883), Pierre? August? Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919).

1875 Monet is once again in a dilemma economically.

1876, the second joint exhibition, exhibited 18 pieces of Monet's works.

1877 the third joint exhibition was held in Du Lang? Held in Ruhr's painting shop, 30 Monet's works were exhibited.

The second child was born in March 1878, and Monet was once again in trouble.

Camus died in 1879.

1880, the sea became Monet's new creative source. In the following years, Monet captured the instantaneous effect of light and shadow many times in the English-French Strait and the coast of Etota, and created a number of works with more impact than before. Because of this, some people call this period Monet's "Edota era". The Cliff of Etota and Manuput of Etota are two works in this period.

1 882 March1The 7th joint exhibition opened. There are 35 Monet works in this exhibition.

Monet began to settle in Verne in 1883 and never moved again. Many works of the painter in his later years were completed here. The 8th joint exhibition of 1886, for the last time, Monet did not participate. It marks the disintegration of the impressionist movement.

June 1889 to commemorate the centenary of the French revolution, Monet and August? Rodin (auguste rodin, 1840- 19 17)

The two masters held an exhibition of works, including 66 works by Monet in 1864- 1889, which were well received.

After 1890, Monet created several groups of works, namely "group paintings".

1890- 189 1 year created the painting of haystacks.

During the period of 189 1- 1892, the painting of poplars was created in the same way.

During the period of 1890- 1894, he created "London Landscape Group Painting".

During the period of 1892- 1894, he created the painting of Rouen Cathedral.

Du Lang 1900 1 1? In Ruhr's gallery, 26 paintings of Water Lily in the Pool created by Monet in the late 1980s and early 1990s were exhibited, which was a great success.

1904, a newly completed group painting about Thames scenery was exhibited in this gallery.

From September to February of 1908, Monet and his wife Aris went to Venice. There, he created more than 30 works.

19 1 1 In May, Monet's second wife, Aris, died before him. Monet was in deep sorrow and his eyesight dropped.

1914 The 47-year-old eldest son died unfortunately after a long illness, and Monet was alone in his octogenarian years. Monet built a large-scale studio with a length of 23 meters, a width of 20 meters and a height of 15 meters in his yard, and began to create a series of large-scale decorative paintings "Water Lily".

1922 In March, he decided to donate this large decorative painting to the motherland. /kloc-in April of 0/2, he signed the "Gift Book". Soon, due to cataract, the painter was almost blind. In September, the doctor forbade him to paint. The next year, after the operation, my vision recovered.

1925 The 85-year-old painter is alone, working on large murals in the studio and outdoors. On February 4th, in people's expectation, the large-scale mural "Water Lily" was finally completed.

1February 6, 926, Monet died forever the day after this masterpiece was completed.