It’s The Wonderful World Of Monet: Come Paint With Us!
We frequently offer paintings that were inspired by both, Monet AND Van Gogh, as these seem to be most-loved by our guests.
If you, like so many others, enjoys the serene, textured, natural style of Monet and want to make some artwork of your own, you’re in luck!
These next few weeks we’re offering several classes with paintings that mimic the style of Monet! Join us to paint some with family and friends and proudly display them in your home afterwards!
---> COME PAINT WITH US:
((Class 1))
August 21st
Monet’s Field Of Poppies
Breath of Spring Fresh air! Monet’s Poppy field is fun to paint and pleasing to look at!
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((Class 2))
August 28th
Waterlily Garden
A colorful, and serene, Monet-like view of a waterlily garden is a both beautiful and relaxing addition to your home décor!
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((Class 3))
September 18th Waterlillies
Our favorite aquatic flower!
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((And MORE!)) ** Be sure to watch the calendar, as we are always adding Van Gogh and Monet paintings, like the Vincent Van Gogh ones that we’re offering in September!
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Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
Oscar-Claude Monet (Nov 14, 1840 - Dec 5, 1926) is one of the most famous Western painters of all time. The founder of Impressionist painting, creator of the iconic Water Lilies series, and a symbol of French painting, Monet is a household name, but have you ever come across these lesser-known facts about him?
*** HIS ARTISTIC TALENT WAS EVIDENT AT AN EARLY AGE.
Born in Paris in 1840, Monet began drawing as a young boy, sketching his teachers and neighbors. He attended a school of the arts and, as a young teenager, sold his charcoal caricatures of local figures. He also learned about oil painting and en plein air (outdoors) painting, which later became a hallmark of his style. Monet’s mother encouraged his artistic talent, but his father, who owned a grocery store, wanted him to focus on the grocery business. After his mother died in 1857, Monet left home to live with his aunt and, against his father’s wishes, study art.
**HE SERVED AS A SOLDIER IN ALGERIA.
In 1861, Monet was drafted into the army. Forced to join the First Regiment of African Light Cavalry, he left Paris for Algeria, a territory that was then controlled by France. Monet's father offered to pay for his son’s discharge if he would promise to give up painting, but Monet refused to abandon art. After serving one year of his seven-year military commitment, Monet got sick with typhoid fever. His aunt paid to get him released from the army, and she enrolled him in art school in Paris.
** HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED WITH LIFE THAT HE JUMPED INTO THE SEINE.
In his late 20s, Monet was frustrated with the Académie, France’s art establishment. He hated creating formulaic artwork, copying the art that hung in the Louvre, and painting scenes from ancient Greek and Roman myths. Although he tried to get his paintings into the Académie’s art exhibits, his art was almost always rejected. Depressed and struggling to support himself and his family financially, Monet jumped off a bridge in 1868. He survived his fall into the Seine and began spending time with other artists who also felt frustrated by the Académie’s restrictions.
From 1883 until his death in 1926, Monet lived in Giverny, a village in northern France. Over the years, he hired gardeners to plant everything from poppies to apple trees in his garden, turning it into a beautiful, tranquil place for him to paint. Finally wealthy from sales of his paintings, Monet invested serious money into his garden. He put a Japanese footbridge across his pond, which he famously painted, and he importedwater lilies from Egypt and South America. Although the local city council told him to remove the foreign plants so they wouldn’t poison the water, Monet didn’t listen. For the last 25 years of his life, he painted the water lilies in a series of paintings that showcased the plants in varying light and textures.
** HE PAID A GARDENER TO DUST HIS WATER LILIES.
As Monet’s garden expanded, he hired six full-time employees to tend to it. One gardener’s job was to paddle a boat onto the pond each morning, washing and dusting each lily pad. Once the lilies were clean, Monet began painting them, trying to capture what he saw as the light reflected off the water.
Around 1908 when he was in his late 60s, Monet began having trouble with his vision. Diagnosed with cataracts in 1912, he later described his inability to see the full color spectrum: "Reds appeared muddy to me, pinks insipid, and the intermediate or lower tones escaped me." When he became legally blind in 1922, he continued painting by memorizing the locations of different colors of paint on his palette. Monet delayed getting risky cataract surgery until 1923, and critics mocked him for his blurry paintings, suggesting that his Impressionist style was due to his failing vision rather than his artistic brilliance. After two cataract surgeries, Monet wore tinted glasses to correct his distorted color perception and may have been able to see ultraviolet light.
** TOURISTS CAN VISIT HIS HOME AND GARDENS.
In 1926, Monet died of lung cancer. Starting in 1980, his former home in Giverny has been open to tourists to see his gardens, woodcut prints, and mementos. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people visit Giverny to walk through the artist’s famous garden and refurbished home. Besides looking at a variety of flowers and trees, visitors can also see Monet’s bedroom, studio, and blue sitting-room.
Did You Know?
Impressionism was named after one of Monet's paintings
The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant, which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and his friends as an alternative to the Salon de Paris.
Learn About Some Traits of ‘Impressionism’ :
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