Women In The Garden was painted by French impressionist painter Claude Monet in 1866. It is a large work and the size of the canvas necessitated Monet painting its upper half with the canvas lowered into a trench he had dug, so that he could maintain a single point of view for the entire work. The …
Jardin à Sainte-Adresse is a painting by French impressionist artist Claude Monet created in 1867. It is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Monet spent the summer of 1867 at the resort town of Sainte-Adresse on the English Channel, near Le Havre (France). It was there, in a …
Woman With A Parasol was painted by French impressionist artist Claude Monet in 1875. The painting portrays Monet’s wife Camille Monet and their son Jean Monet in the period from 1871 to 1877 while they were living in Argenteuil, capturing a moment on a stroll on a windy summer’s day. The painting now resides in the …
Water Lilies is a series of paintings by French impressionist artist Claude Monet painted over the course of his career. Monet completed approximately 250 paintings depicting water lilies from his flower garden at Giverny. They were the main focus of Monet’s artistic production during the last thirty years of his life. Many of the works were painted …
Impression, Sunrise was painted by French impressionist artist Claude Monet in 1872. Monet claimed that he titled the painting Impression, Sunrise due to his hazy painting style in his depiction of the subject. The term “Impressionism” is derived from the title of this painting, which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted …
Nimphee by Claude Monet was painted in 1926 and is viewed as being one of the greatest paintings of all time. Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting. Nimphee represents two of Monet’s greatest achievements: his gardens at Giverny and the paintings they inspired. Monet’s ambition of documenting the French countryside led him to adopt …
