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10 Most Famous Paintings by Claude Monet

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The painting, Camille on Her Deathbed , is Monet's final tribute to his wife, a figure covered in flower blossoms and feathery brush strokes, her face bathed in light. Among the artist's works in the time following his loss is The Ice Drift Series , a group of a dozen paintings depicting the melting ice floes on the River Seine. Muted colors, mist-saturated settings, denuded trees and frozen landscapes reflect the starkness of the artist's vision as he immersed himself in mourning.

The artist was becoming increasingly enamored with the insight that the same landscape underwent alterations at different times of day as the sunlight changed. He painted the same scene repeatedly to capture these nuances on canvas. This idea informed his "Ice Drift Series," his Haystack paintings of the mids and s, and his stunning Poplars series of the s. In and , the artist camped out in a rented room that overlooked the Rouen Cathedral to work on a several canvases at once, each devoted to a different time of day, to create intensive studies of light and shadow.

During this middle period in his artistic development, Monet's artworks moved toward abstraction, although the subjects were still recognizable, for the most part. He experimented with paint to create not only more depth of color but also to add texture to the surface of the canvas. Known for his innovative brushwork, the artist utilized his signature short strokes and unadulterated hues to encapsulate momentary glimpses of the effect of light on perspective.

Early Years: 1845-1870

The artist and his second wife, Alice, had moved their family to the hamlet of Giverny where they bought a home with property in Monet set to work to create a private haven where he would produce some of his most well-loved works over the final decades of his life. Flower gardens and a lily pond with a picturesque Japanese bridge provided the landscapes that the artist would paint over and over again as the century began. He would later state that the Giverny gardens constituted his greatest work of art. During his travels in the first decade of the 20th century, the artist painted a series of the Houses of Parliament in the Palace of Westminster, which rises from the fog or towers over sun-gilded waters at sunset.

During the same period, the artist produced several paintings in a study of Waterloo Bridge and the Thames in various attitudes of light and fog. He also visited the Mediterranean region and Madrid in the early s. His chef d'oeuvre, however, was actually waiting for him in his own back yard where he produced his series of water lily pond paintings, which consists of approximately canvases in total, 40 of them in large format.

The artist had painted his first renditions in the s but produced the majority of the works during the final two decades of his life. His early paintings of his lily pond included the conventional spatial boundaries of water, surrounding land and horizon, but as he progressed through these works, such boundaries began to merge until finally, the boundless pond became the universe, its scope immeasurable and defined exclusively by light.

After losing both his second wife, Alice, and his eldest son, Jean, in and respectively, the artist sought consolation by embarking upon a great new work, a series of massive Water Lilies panels. Write a customer review. Showing of 2 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase.

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Hoped for more pics to see his use of colour. I had the kindle edition I read on my laptop as I do with all my art books. Buying this book has allowed me to revisit Monet's paintings after many years and I couldn't be more glad I did.

I've always found there's something about the Impressionist techniques that vividly renders landscapes like no other art movement, and returning to Monet's paintings has felt like revisiting an old childhood home. The images gloriously reproduce Monet's famed brush strokes and the color balancing is great.

While I've only browsed through the text, I found what I have read interesting and intend to give it a front to back cover read at some point. Especially considering the low price of this book, I found it to be a great collection of Monet's work and as a bonus it arrived very quickly. One person found this helpful. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway.

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Thank You, Sharon Botto. Hi Philip, I am not aware of the number of works of Monet which feature sunflowers, but he did paint a famous painting named Bouquet of Sunflowers in Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Poplars on the River Epte. Poplars in the Sun, Houses of Parliament, Sunset. Houses of Parliament Sunlight Effect. Houses of Parliament Stormy Sky. Haystacks on a Foggy Morning. Wheatstacks End of Summer. Rouen Cathedral Grey Weather, ,. Rouen Cathedral in Morning Light, Water Lilies Series Paintings. One of the paintings from the Water Lilies Series.

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