Third Thursdays for Teachers

Claude Monet’s The MeadowImpressionist Art

• Claude-Oscar Monet, born November 14 in Paris 1840• Sells caricatures & meets Eugène Boudin

1856-59• Moves to Paris and enrolls in the Swiss Academy

1859• Paints with Boudin and Johan Jongkind 1862

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Boudin, On the Beach of Deauville, 1869. Louvre, Paris.

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Source: Harrison, Peter. Claude Monet (Art for Young People). 1995.

• Paints with Boudin and Johan Jongkind 1862

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Source: www.wikipedia.com Jongkind, The Seine and Notre-Dame, 1864. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

• Returns to Paris and enrolls in Gleyre’s studio 1862-64

• Paintings accepted in the Salon 1865-66,1868

• Paints with Renoir – La Grenouillè (near Paris) 1869

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Monet, Camille, 1866. Kunsthalle Bremen.

Renoir, Portrait of Sisley, 1868. E.G. Buhrie Collection, Zurich, Switzerland.

Bazille, Self-Portrait, 1865-6. Art Institute of Chicago.

Bazille, Portrait of Renoir, 1867. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

• Monets go to London 1870• Moves to Argenteuil 1871• First Impressionist Show 1874• Moves to Giverny 1883

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Monet, Houses of Parliament, 1905. Musée Marmottan, Paris

Monet, The Studio Boat, 1876. The Barnes Foundation, Merion.

Monet, The Water Lily Pond [Japanese Bridge], 1899. Private Collection.

• Eyesight starts to fail 1908• Starts water-lily project

1914• Undergoes two surgeries for cataracts 1923 • Dies December 5 at Giverny 1926

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Louis Bonnier, Plan water-lily project Henri Manuel, photograph of Monet in his third studio in front of Morning, ca. 1924-25, Archives Durand-Ruel, Paris.

• Birthplace – Batignolles district of Paris• Color and light• Finished painting or not?• En plein air• Subjects – slice of life

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Manet, The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, 1874. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Monet, Duck Pond, Argenteuil, 1873. Archives Wildenstein

• First Société Anonyme des Artists – April 15, 1874

• Art critic – Louis Leroy• Eight exhibitions held between 1874-1886

The Impressionist Exhibition

The Impressionist Exhibition

Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872-3. Musée Marmottan, Paris

Degas, At the Races in the Country, 1869. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Morisot, The Cradle 1872. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

• Liberal free spirit • Landscapes rather than portraits• Monet’s palette • Impressionist style• Painting outdoors

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Monet, Poplars 1891. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Monet, Wheatstacks. (Full Sunlight), 1890. Hillstead, Museum, Farmington.

Monet, Wheatstacks. (Effects of Snow, Morning) 1890-91. Private Collection.

Monet, Wheatstack. (Sunset), 1890-91. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection.

• Metal paint tubes• Cameras• Trains

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Renoir, Le Pont Neuf, d. 1872. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection.

Photograph of Le Pont Neuf, c. 1860. Bibliothèque National, Paris.

Monet, La Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Side by SideMonet and Renoir

Side by SideMonet and Renoir

Monet, Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1869. J. Paul Gety Museum, Malibu.

Renoir, Mixed Flowers in an Earthenware Pot, 1869. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Side by SideMonet & Renoir

Side by SideMonet & Renoir

Renoir, Bathing at la Grenouillère, 1869. Oscar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur, Switzerland.

Monet, Bathing at La Grenouillère (or The Frog Pond), 1869. Trustees of the National Gallery, London.

Side by SideMonet & Renoir

Side by SideMonet & Renoir

Monet, Camille at Work, d. 1875. The Barnes Foundation, Merion Station, Pa.

Renoir, Young Girls at the Piano (La Leçon de piano) ca. 1889. Joslyn Art Museum.

Side by SideMonet & Hassam

Side by SideMonet & Hassam

Monet, Le Pont Neuf, d. 1872. Dallas Museum of Art; The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection.

Hassam, April Showers, Champs Elysées, Paris, 1888. Joslyn Art Museum

Side by SideMonet & Cassatt

Side by SideMonet & Cassatt

Monet, Repose (Madame Monet on an Sofa), c. 1871. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Cassatt, Woman Reading (Portrait of Lydia Cassatt, the Artist’s Sister), 1878 – 79. Joslyn Art Museum

The Meadow The Meadow

Monet, The Meadow, 1879. Joslyn Art Museum.

The Meadow The Meadow

Monet, Small Country Farm at Brdighera (Un coin de ferme à Bordighera),1884. Joslyn Art Museum.

• Fine Arts– Seasons Change. Study The Meadow and discuss what season Monet is capturing. Discuss how the colors would change for a different season.

– Students create a series of paintings representing different seasons.

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Monet, Path through the Garden at Givery, 1902. Private Collection.

Monet, The Magpie, 1868-69. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Monet, The Meadow, 1879. Joslyn Art Museum.

• Language Arts– Capturing a Moment. Discuss the Impressionistic style. Focus on Impressionist Artists desire to capture a moment in time.• Do not show them The Meadow, yet. Have the students gather with a journal and a pencil.

• Tell them once you reveal the painting they will have 45 seconds to study it.

• Next, have them write for 5-10 minutes describing their first impression of the art work.

• Then, reveal the painting have them study it.• Then have them write for 20-30 minutes.

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• Math– Bridge Building. Study Monet’s images of his bridge at Giverny. • Have students study the bridge’s design. Using wood (i.e. toothpicks) have students recreate the bridge.

• Then have students design their own bridge. • Test to see which type of bridge holds the most weight.

– Percentages. Study an image The Meadow.• Determine what percentage of the painting is foreground, trees and sky.

• Grid the painting to get a more accurate result.

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• Science– Mix it UP. Study how oil paints are created.

• Collaborate with an art class. Science class mix up the paints for an art class to use.

• In turn, the art class will create portraits of the “scientists” who created their paints.

– Garden Party. Look at some of Monet’s images he created while in a garden. • Take a field trip to a garden and try to identify some of the same plants/flowers if possible.

• Or create a class garden for the entire school to enjoy. Part of the tour of the garden could be a flower scavenger hunt.

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• Social Studies– Slice of Life. Discuss what types of subjects the Impressionist artists would depict in their paintings.• Talk about what is happening in The Meadow. • Have students talk about what types of activities their families do on weekends. Create a list.

• Next discuss what types of activities families would do on the weekends in the 19th century.

• Talk about how the 19th century compares with

the 21st century.

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