Oscar-claude monet Oscar-claude monet (Oscar-claude monet,1840165438+1October14-1926 65438+February 5), referred to as claude monet or Monet for short, was translated into Oscar by Taiwan. The main French impressionist painter and the leader of the impressionist movement.

Monet is one of the most important painters in France, and most of the theories and practices of Impressionism have been popularized by him. Monet is good at the experiment and expression of light and shadow. His most important style is to change the way shadows and outlines are drawn. In Monet's paintings, there are no very clear shadows, and there are no prominent or flat outlines. In addition, Monet's use of color is quite delicate. He used many paintings with the same theme to experiment with the perfect expression of color and light.

Monnet was born in Paris. When he was five years old, his family moved to le havre in Normandy. His father wanted him to inherit the family grocery store, but Monet wanted to be an artist.

He first became famous because of his charcoal cartoons, which cost ten to twelve francs. On the beach in Normandy, he met the artist eugene boudin, who later became Monet's mentor and taught him how to paint oil paintings.

When Monet came to the Louvre in Paris, he saw many painters imitating the works of famous artists. So, with paint and tools, he sat by a window and began to draw what he saw.

Monet served as a soldier in Algeria for two years (1860-1862). Before his seven-year service contract expired, Monet's aunt, Mrs. Lecard, rescued him from the army because of typhoid fever and asked him to complete an art course at the university.

Awakened by the traditional art education in the university, Monet joined Charles Grey Ray's studio in Paris on 1862. There, he met Pierre-August lenoir, Frederic Basil and alfred sisley. Together, they created a new artistic technique, which was later called Impressionism, that is, painting with strong oil paints outdoors and in natural light.

1866, he created The Woman in the Green Skirt with Camille Dongshe as the model. Soon after, Tonks got pregnant and gave birth to their first child, Joan.

During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-187 1), Monet took refuge in Britain. There, he studied the works of john constable and Turner

After returning to France, in 1872 or 1873, Monet created Impression Sunrise with a scenery in le havre as the background. It appeared in the first impressionist painter exhibition in 1874, and is now on display in the Mamotan-Monet Museum in Paris. According to the title of the painting, art critic Louis leroy put forward the term "Impressionism".

1870, Monet married Tang Xier. 1873, they moved into a house in argentey on the seine. On March 1878, they had another son, Michael. 1879, Mrs Monet died of tuberculosis.

Alice Hoscard decided to help Monet raise his two children. They live in Percy, but Monet doesn't like it. 1April, 883, they moved to giverny, Earle Province, Upper Normandy. He planted a big garden and painted there for the rest of his life. Monet and Horst got married on 1892.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Monet began a series of paintings, that is, drawing the same object continuously under different light and angles. His first series of works, Rouen Cathedral, was created from different angles at different times of the day. 1895, cathedral paintings from 20 different angles were exhibited in Gurand-Ruel-Luer Gallery. He also painted a series of straw piles.

Monet likes painting constrained nature very much-his garden, his water lilies, his pond and his little bridge. He also painted the banks of the Seine.

From 1883 to 1908, Monet painted many landscapes and seascapes in the Mediterranean.

His wife Alice 19 1 1 died, and his son Jean 19 14 died.

The cataract made Monet have two operations in 1923.

He died on1926 65438+February 5, and was buried in the cemetery of Givini Church.

In 2004, Monet's Parliament and The Sun in the Mist sold more than 20 million dollars in London.

Biographical notes

1840- Born in Paris. He moved out of Paris at the age of six and lived in le havre with his family.

1850s—— Inspired by painting, he returned to his birthplace in Paris on 1859 to formally study painting.

1860s-After my military service in Algeria, I made friends with quite a few famous painters and sketched and painted all over France.

1870s—— After getting married and having children, it expanded the scope of travel and the source of inspiration for painting. From 65438 to 0870, it was an important decade when he began to popularize Impressionism. During this decade, Impressionism held four joint art exhibitions. Monet was there, too 1879 is a sad year for Monet. His wife Camier died, leaving a second son 1 year old and a first son1year old.

1880s—— Monet's last exhibition of impressionism was in 1882. 1884, I began to travel around the world and have been to London, the United States and other places.

1890s-Monet began to pay attention to and continue to create with the theme of water lilies.

1900s-Monet's eyesight began to have problems, but he continued to draw, and he continued to draw water lilies, and the more he drew, the bigger he got.

1910s-Monet suffered the death of his second wife in1910/year and the death of his eldest son in 19 14 year, and his vision deteriorated rapidly. Ironically, Monet was a successful painter at this time, and his works began to be collected by the state. He had the money to build a large studio. He began to paint large water lily murals.

1920s-Monet continued to write in his later years. In the meantime, his focus is the upcoming exhibition of his water lily works in the Louvre. Although his eyesight was getting worse and worse, he was close to blindness, but he kept painting until 1926 died on February 5.

representative works

Impression? Sunrise impression

Notre Dame de Rouen series

Water lily series water lily