What are Monet's works?

French painter claude monet (1840165438+1October14-192665438+February 5th) is one of the representatives and founders of Impressionism. 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 famous work is Impression of Sunrise.

Other works include:

The girl in green.

1866, taking Camus, the lover, as the model, exhibited the full-length portrait "The Woman in Green" in the salon in the same year, which was well received by critic Zola; A poet wrote poems for his works, which were published in the magazine Artist. Some artists also asked Monet to make another copy based on the original and prepare to send it to the United States. As a result of this success, his family restored his financial support.

The woman in the yard

In the summer of the same year, Monet's Woman in the Courtyard was unsuccessful in the salon of 1867. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/866, Monet destroyed about 200 works and returned to Afreh in order to avoid debt collectors. At this time, his financial situation was very bad, because his father disliked his relationship with Camus, thus cutting off financial support, and the market for Monet's works had not yet opened. In order to solve the problem of continuing to create canvases, he had to scrape off the oil paints he had painted and reuse them. 1867, pregnant Camus 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 following years, Monet always painted in and around Afreh, with Boudin, Joan Kang and sometimes with 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 very early and felt that I didn't have enough education, so I seldom participated in the debate. At this time, his poverty level can be seen from the letter written to Bazi in August, which mentioned that he did not starve to death because of the bread sent by Renoir. There is no fire or lighting in the house for a week. By the end of the month, the paint had run out and I had to stop painting. At this time, Ba Ziyi was also penniless, pawning watches, and Renoir couldn't even get enough postage for sending letters. There's nothing I can do about Monet.

1June, 870, Monet and Camus officially got married. In September, Monet entrusted his wife and son to Budan and went to London alone. I met Dubbini and pissarro there, and then I painted in the Thames and the park with pissarro. When visiting the art gallery, the British painter Turner (1775- 185 1). Constable's works (1776- 1837) fascinated him. In order to find a market for Monet's works, Dubbini introduced him here to meet painters Durand and Ruhr. The man showed sympathy for poor painters and has been subsidizing them ever since.

187 1 At the beginning of the year, his father died and Monet left England. Under the mobilization of Dubbini, he went to Holland and stayed until the end of the year. In Amsterdam, he saw Japanese "ukiyo-e" prints, and the colorful landscape paintings left a good impression on him. Later, he said: Their exquisiteness delighted me. I agree with their aesthetic principles, using shadows to arouse real feelings and using fragments to arouse the whole feelings. Dutch ports, canals, churches, people's homes, especially windmills, fascinated him. After returning to Paris, with Manet's help, Monet settled in Argenteuil, north of Paris. A painter who has a special liking for water conditions built a boat studio on the Seine River on 1873. Since then, he has often painted on boats. Light from different directions and angles and trembling air are fully used to describe the water and the scenery on the water surface, and some works are traumatized by sharp outlines, shadows and flashing bright spots. At this time, Sisley, MANET and Renoir are also working with him.

Sunrise impression

1872, Monet created Impression of Sunrise, which became famous all over the world in the future. This oil painting depicts the sunrise in the morning fog in Port Afer from a distance. It was exhibited in the joint exhibition of 1 impressionists, which opened on March 25th, 874. This painting is not the most typical of Monet's paintings, but it became famous only after a critic named Lerua published an article entitled "Exhibition of Impressionism" in Noisy magazine on April 25th. This paper satirizes many works on display in the exhibition. Regarding Monet's Impression of Sunrise, he wrote that "the paper pasted on the wall is also more complete than this seascape". Not unrelated to the title of this work, the author jokingly called this exhibition "Impressionist Exhibition". In addition, Monet himself once expressed the view that "what I paint is only an impression", and this group of young painters headed by him really paid great attention to capturing the initial impression of the objects depicted. Although some of the painters don't agree with this idea, the titles of Impressionism and Impressionism have spread like wildfire. So that in the third joint exhibition of 1877, it was simply used as the title of the exhibition.

Kaposin steet

The joint exhibition of 1874 was initiated by Monet and organized with friends as an independent exhibition. The studio vacated by photographer Nadal is the exhibition hall, attended by more than 30 artists, including Degas, pissarro, Cezanne, Renoir, Sisley and Mo Lisuo. There are *** 165 works, including Monet's 12 works. Through this exhibition, Monet's leading position among impressionist painters has actually been established, and the painter himself has also formed a painting style of changing light and color to express the captured instant impression. As a typical work of this new painting style, this exhibition is Monet's oil painting "Kaputin Street".

A woman in kimono

1875, Monet, once again in economic trouble, extended a helping hand to his friends. In June, he wrote in a letter to Manet: Since the day before yesterday, he has no money, and butcher shops and bakeries no longer have credit. Can you send me 20 francs? 1876, the second joint exhibition, showing 18 pieces of Monet's works. For this exhibition, the social response is relatively cold. Monet's oil painting "Woman in Kimono" fetched a high price of 2000 francs. In the same year, the painter also created works such as Turkey. And started a series of creations about St. lazare Railway Station. 1877, the third joint exhibition was held in Du Lang and Ruhr. There are 252 works on display and 30 works by Monet. In order to make a living, the painter sold some of his works to Xiao Kai at a low price of 40-50 francs each.

1878 In March, when Camus gave birth to his second child, Monet faced difficulties again. In a letter to Zola, he said: There is no fire at home, and my wife is ill. Yesterday, I ran all day and didn't borrow any money. Another letter wrote: If I don't pay 600 francs tomorrow night, we will be driven into the street. Under the pressure of life, coupled with long-term opposition to the official salon, it deviated from the line maintained by most people at that time. At this time, Monet was already considering how to seize the opportunity at the right time and improve his personal situation. So, in 1880, Monet sent two of his works to the salon, which was regarded by Degas as a "defect" between impressionist painters. Therefore, Monet did not participate in the fifth and sixth joint exhibitions.

In 1980s, the sea became Monet's new creative source. In the following years, Monet captured the instantaneous effect of light and shadow many times on the coast of Britain and France and Edota, and created a number of works with more impact than before. Because of this, some people call this period Monet's "Edota era", two works of this period.

March 1882, 1, the seventh joint exhibition opened. According to Manet, he "discovered all the brilliant works of Impressionism" here. There are 35 Monet works in this exhibition. Monet did not participate in the 8th joint exhibition of 1886, which is the last time. It marks the disintegration of the impressionist movement.

Since 1883, Claude Monet, 43, bought his own house in giverny, a small town 80km away from Paris, he seems to feel that he wants to spend the rest of his life here. Giverny, a small town in giverny, is a typical rural area in Normandy on the west coast of France, located in the middle of Paris along the Seine to Rouen. The living environment is beautiful and the scenery is pleasant. There are tree-lined roads, flower beds, ponds and bridges. Many works of the painter in his later years were completed here. In fact, Monet lived here for 43 years, during which he built a small garden in front of his house. 10 years later, he bought the land opposite a railway and built his small pond, also known as the water garden, on the Ruhe River, a tributary of Upt. Monet created many masterpieces here with his garden and water garden as the theme. Monet has never moved since he settled down.

1889 In June, to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution, Monet and Rodin held a joint exhibition of works, including 66 works by Monet from 1864 to 1889, which were well received.

Poplar paintings

In 1990s, Monet created several groups of works, namely "group paintings". The so-called "group painting" refers to many paintings made by artists in the same position, facing the same object, at different times and under different illumination. This is probably a feature of Monet's later works. For example, during the period of 1890-9 1, for the same haystack, the artist painted different colors of the object as many as 15 times in the sunshine in different seasons in the morning, afternoon and evening, and figures 44 and 45 are two of them. During the period of 189 1-92, the Group of Poplar Paintings was created in the same way. Figs. 46 and 47 are two of them. During the period of 1900-04, he created the London Landscape Group Painting, in which Figure 5 1 is one. 1892-974 When creating "Group Paintings of Rouen Cathedral", Monet rented a room opposite the church and began to write at dawn, painting with the change of sunshine. At the end of the day, there are 20 works, of which 48 and 49 are two. When doing this kind of creation, he often gets up early and loads a car full of canvases. According to the change of sunshine, he changes one every two hours.

water lily

There are also water lilies in the group paintings created in the late 1980s and early 1990s. 1900165438+1October, 26 paintings of Monet's Water Lily in the Pool were exhibited in Du Lang and Ruhr Gallery, which was a great success. 1904, a newly completed group painting about Thames scenery was exhibited in this gallery.

1908 September to 18 February, Monet and his wife Aris went to Venice. The southern scenery, mild climate, humid air, white clouds and buildings reflected on the water all aroused the artist's creative desire. He has created more than 30 works here. Figures 52 and 53 are the first two of these works.

Group paintings of water lilies in the pool

19 1 1 May, after the death of Madame Monet Camus 1879, his second wife, Aris, also died before him. The painter was in deep sorrow and his eyesight declined. 19 14, the 47-year-old eldest son died unfortunately after a long illness, and Monet was alone in his octogenarian years. Persuaded by an old friend and former French Prime Minister Clemenceau, Monet built a large-scale studio in his yard, which was 23 meters long, 20 meters wide and 15 meters high, and began to create a series of large-scale decorative paintings "Water Lily". 1in March, 922, he decided to donate the finished large decorative painting to the motherland. /kloc-in April of 0/2, he signed the "Gift Book". Soon, due to cataract, the painter almost lost his sight. In September, the doctor forbade him to paint. The next year, after the operation, my vision recovered.