Monet’s resume

Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926) was a French painter, a representative figure and one of the founders of Impressionism. Monet is one of the most important painters in France, and he promoted most of the theories and practices of Impressionism. Monet was good at experimentation and expression techniques of light and shadow. Representative works "Sunrise·Impression"

"Haystack"

"Argenteuil Bridge"

"Sailboat of Argenteuil"

"Rouen Cathedral"

"Water Lilies"

1. "Sunrise·Impression" Sunrise·Impression

This famous painting is A sketch painted by Monet in the port of Havre in 1872. He also painted "Sunset" at the same location. When it was sent to the first Impressionist exhibition, neither painting had a title. A journalist ridiculed Monet's paintings as "a denial of beauty and reality, which can only give people an impression." Monet then gave this painting a title - "Sunrise Impression". As a seascape sketch, the entire picture is shrouded in thin gray tones, and the brushstrokes are very random and messy, showing a scene of mist blending. At sunrise, the sea is foggy, and the water reflects the colors of the sky and the sun. The scenery on the shore is vague and blurry, giving people a momentary feeling.

When Monet and a group of young painters held an exhibition in 1884, this "Sunrise Impression" was slandered and ridiculed. Some critics said sarcastically: "The rough wallpaper is more complete than this seascape!" Some even used the title of this painting to refer to the young artists led by Monet as "Impressionists", so "Impressionism" became won the laurels of this painting school.

The painting was robbed before 1985. According to the French Stolen Art Detective Agency, it was seized in a villa in Corsica on December 6, 1990.

2. "Haystack"

Haystack In the 1990s, Monet created several groups of works, namely "group paintings". The so-called "group painting" refers to multiple paintings made by the artist in the same position, facing the same object, at different times and under different lighting. This is probably a feature of Monet's later works. For example, between 1890 and 1891, the artist painted the same haystack as many as 15 times in different colors under the morning, afternoon, and evening sunlight in different seasons.

3. "Argenteuil Bridge"

Painting name "Argenteuil Bridge"

Creator Claude Monet (France)

Creation Year 1874

Category Oil Painting on Canvas

Style

Theme Landscape

Size 60cm×80cm

Material: oil paint on canvas

Depository: Argenteuil Bridge, collected by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Appreciation of the work The painting is a landscape full of sunlight, with various Warm and cold color points and chaotic small brushstrokes are carefully combined into the picture, making the picture bright and sunny, filled with the melody of color. Intense light is dispersed onto the trees, the river, and the bridge. Everything is wrapped in light, making the Argenteuil Bridge a masterpiece of light. This is also the expression of the painter's artistic personality.

1. The real picture depicted in Monet's "Japanese Bridge". It's called Japanese Bridge.

2. There are requests for the bridge to be wide enough to allow small tractors and trailers to cross. The design was modeled after the Exbury Hall that the man had visited near the home of Lord Rothschild in Southampton. The building uses English oak finish and metal trim, although it is largely invisible that stainless steel is visible. The bridge deck consists of alternating thick plywood to help tractors and pedestrians grip the bridge deck when crossing the arch.

4. "Rouen Cathedral" Rouen Cathedral

"Rouen Cathedral, door seen from the front, brown harmony" 1892 Claude Monet Oil painting 107×73 cm. The Musée d'Orsay purchased it from the artist in 1907

The painting "Brown Harmony" was obviously painted one afternoon; the weather was cold, the atmosphere was melancholy, and the light was dim and dull. , I saw the cathedral standing under a gray sky, and the color of the picture was ocher. The big gray clock is thinly painted with a bit of blue and dark gray paint around it, but the central part is made of yellowish brown. The three central doors are like three dark caves; the dark color of the wooden doors can still be seen in the picture today. In this mixture of deep and dark tones, mainly gray, we can still see the symbols of light lingering on various sculptures, because these sculptures are painted with a small amount of active color. The rosettes on the stained glass windows are clearly visible because they are made of dull blue behind the small spire of the central gate. It was this that Monet focused on; in short, not the building itself, but the "tragicomedy" performed by the light. After appreciating more than twenty of Monet's paintings about churches, the writer and art critic Gustave Geoffroy praised these paintings for "painting the eternal beauty of life in the changing light of every moment." ".

In 1892, after Claude Monet settled down in Giverny, his last residence, he set off for Rouen to deal with a family matter. This ancient city has achieved industrialization, and the port is showing a thriving vitality. Here the artist captured one of the most beautiful images he had ever seen in his painting career - Rouen Cathedral. This cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady, the mother of Christ, and is the most majestic Gothic building in France. Construction of the church began in the 12th century, and it was rebuilt due to fire in the 13th century. It was not until the 16th century that it was built as it is today.

Gothic architecture has been ignored for a long time and was considered too vulgar. It was rediscovered at the end of the 18th century and restored after analysis and demonstration. Finally, it was founded in 1791. Official confirmation from the French Museum of Ancient Architecture in Paris. By the 1830s, poets and novelists of the Romantic period found the shadow of the golden age in it; they advocated the rediscovery of pure and fresh medieval art. The Commission for Ancient Buildings, established in 1837, thus took on the important task of repairing and restoring ancient buildings. This craze began with the rescue operation launched by the famous 19th century architect Eugène-Emmanuel Duke Violet. Reach the top. His action was supported and encouraged by the writer Prosper Mérimée, who was the general inspector of ancient buildings at the time.

Prior to this, Romantic painters such as Bonington and Turner in England, as well as Paul Huet and Corot, used Rouen Cathedral as the theme of their paintings. Painters before the Impressionists, such as Boudin and Jungkind, and later Camille Pissarro, the impression they drew from this picture was still in the traditional category, that is, the towering and unique figure of the church, clearly visible in the surrounding scenery. The ground appears.

From February 1892 to mid-April and 1893, Monet painted more than 30 oil paintings for this church during two major operations. He painted it from three different positions. The first location was chosen almost directly opposite the church, in a shirt shop. The workers in the store came and went, making it impossible for him to work; so he settled in a fitting room on the second floor of a fashion store; because of the constant complaints from customers, the painter had to use a screen to separate himself from the outside world. By 1893, he chose a third place; this time, he often painted from two different angles at the same time. At most, he painted 14 paintings at the same time, constantly rushing between frames as the light and time changed. Between the frames, we strive to capture the changes in tones and light and dark, and establish the color structure. The exploration, doubts, troubles and disappointments that Monet experienced during these two major operations are fully revealed in the letters he wrote to his wife Alice. The letter wrote: "Every day I make some new discoveries that I haven't seen the day before; so I quickly make up for them, but at the same time I also lose something. In this way, I am doing things that are difficult for ordinary people to do... I I was so exhausted that I almost collapsed. One night, I had nightmares one after another. I dreamed that the church had somehow fallen on top of me. It seemed to turn blue, but soon turned to blue again. The rose color finally turned into yellow again.

"The artist has previously painted a large number of paintings on the same theme at different times of the day and under different lights, and from different visual angles: "Hastacks" and "Poplar Trees" created in 1891 are from this period. Work. Monet, who had a special liking for colorful open vistas, now faced directly for the first time this huge stone building that at first glance seemed almost monochromatic. The painter was within walking distance of the Gothic church. Looking from the 50-meter window, all you can see is the central door of the church. On the left side of the door is the Saint Roman Tower and on the right side is the Port Tower. The tower, central door, pediment, and arch are completely different in style. The curves, small arcades, pointed arch ribs, door pediments and finely carved corridors are sometimes submerged in bright light, sometimes shrouded in shadow; sometimes they are illuminated by the ever-changing atmosphere of the Normandy sky. It is this that creates indescribable subtle changes in tone; it is not the building itself, but the "tragicomedy" performed by the light.

"Brown Harmony". The painting was obviously painted one afternoon; the weather was cold, the atmosphere was melancholy, the light was dim and dull, and the cathedral stood under a gray sky, with a large ocher bell surrounded by thin lines. A bit of blue and dark gray paint was applied, but the central part was made of yellowish brown. The three central doors are like three dark caves; the dark color of the wooden doors can still be seen in the picture today. In the main mixture of dark and dark tones, we can still see the symbols of light lingering on various sculptures, because these sculptures are painted with a small amount of active colors, such as the rosettes on the stained glass windows. The dark blue behind the small spire of the central gate is clearly visible.

On the contrary, the painting "Rouen Cathedral" is when Monet changed the window one evening when the sun was setting. The painting, which is still in the form of a sketch in the Marmodan Museum, looks slightly sideways and its yellow and light rose colors are lost in the huge blue shadow that invades its base. At the top of the triangular lintel in the center, the sunlight and shadow are extremely clear; the coral red strokes are zigzag on the door frame, and the bright red and orange used to highlight each gap make the entire building shine. The sculpture is basically difficult to see because it is made of light blue. The pointed arch ribs, small spiers on the tower and the gallery that is higher than the lavender rosette are all made of this color... Sunlight and various refractions The flickering of light seems to both form and dissolve the building... Except for the top of the main entrance, the paint is very light. In order to restore the vitality of light, Monet invented a very specific "rough and elegant". His painting of the cathedral was completed in Giverny's studio.

"The huge figure of Rouen Cathedral towers above the earth, and at the same time it seems as if Disappearing and 'steaming' in the light blue mist of the morning; the details of each sculpture, each winding decoration, and each void and raised part will become very clear during the day; the dark doorway is like an ocean In the 'trough' of the building, the stones on the wall have clearly left traces of the passage of time, and have now turned golden and turquoise against the backdrop of sunlight, moss and lichen; the bottom of the building is surrounded by shadows, and the top is Rose-tinted by the fading sunset; a swan song for the space occupied by the ancient church, the teaching itself the product of a chance encounter and interaction between the forces of nature and human creation . "The writer and art critic Gustave Gefrouard wrote an article about the lonely and anxious Monet after admiring some 20 paintings of churches. These paintings were the painter's most famous paintings in the Impressionist era of his friends. The powerful supporter and art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel showed it to him at his home. He praised these paintings for "painting the eternal beauty of life in the changing light of Camille Bi". Salo was impressed by his friend's highly innovative masterpieces, while the young painters were not very enthusiastic about it.

The most pertinent and profound understanding of Monet's works must be given to him over the years. Friend - politician Georges Clemenceau. The latter wrote in an article entitled "The Church Revolution": "Grey objects themselves gain life due to the irradiation of sunlight and gain the senses of people. The ability to impress. But this kind of light wave that surrounds the surface of an object, goes deep into its interior, and reflects to the external space is always in a chaotic state: sometimes it is like a towering 'wave', sometimes it is like a calm 'splash', and sometimes it is like a 'splash' A violent storm'.

It is precisely because of the wildness of this "living" particle that objects can appear, and it is precisely because of this wildness that we can see objects, and it is precisely because of this that objects can show their real existence; then an object What it looks like under the illumination of light is what we must figure out now. It is what the painter wants to clarify, that is, to dissolve and recombine it through the hands of the painter. "" changes, he repeatedly painted the same scene, such as the "haystacks" and "Church" series he painted. During the Franco-Prussian War, he took refuge in the Netherlands and studied Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, which caused changes in his painting style. In his later period, he The huge scroll "Water Lilies" became Impressionism's greatest landscape masterpiece.

Monet's series of paintings about Rouen Cathedral became an immediate success for the collector who encouraged him greatly. Fran?ois Debord bought one from him and donated it to the Rouen Museum along with the rest of the collection in Paris, although the state's strong suggestion that the state buy all the paintings did not respond to Clemenceau's request. Despite this, Count Isaac de Camondo, as the patron of art, purchased 4 of the paintings directly from the painter in 1894 and generously handed over these paintings to the national collection, thus making us fortunate today. You can see it at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Caroline Mathieu (text)

5. "Water Lilies" Water lilies

This is the painter's 1908 work, which is his famous work. One of the works in the Water Lily series, Sotheby's estimated it at US$10 million to US$15 million. Sotheby's successfully auctioned another "Water Lilies" by Monet a year ago.

6. "Umbrella". "Woman"

This work is an early impressionistic painting by Monet. There is a woman holding a parasol in the middle right of the picture, and her son is in the distance on the left. One sunny morning, the mother and son were walking on the grass.

The whole painting uses only simple blue, green, brown and other natural colors, giving the woman a peaceful and comfortable feeling. The figure occupies most of the space in the painting and becomes the interesting center of the painting. However, the young son on the left, the parasol and the lady also form a balancing effect.

Although. This painting is an early work by Monet, but it can also be seen that he has well captured the light and shadow and the momentary impression in the painting. The face and upper body of the woman in the painting are painted in darker colors, indicating that she is under the shadow of the parasol. . The shadow area on the entire parasol, face, dress and grass contrasts with the light and shadow on the light side of the woman's dress (the same is true for the younger son), just like what is seen in reality. The swinging headscarf and pleats on the long skirt also enhance the dynamics of the picture...

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