WATER LILIES
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WATER LILIES
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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.
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Claude Monet's Pizza Day
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Monet and Impressionism
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Monet's Garden
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Monet Biography and Prints
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The Water Lily Pond and Bridge
Monet, Claude
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The landscapes of Monet are reproduced in full color for the classroom. They're great for correspondence or to reward student work. Includes twelve different reproductions, and 36 stickers in three sizes per package.
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