Paper On Claude Monet

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a renowned French Impressionist painter who strived to translate his unique perception of the natural world directly to the canvas, becoming an instrumental in forging an entirely new direction for the world of art. As a modernist artist painting during the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, his approach was experimental and innovative.
During the 19th century, art was expected to transcend the everyday. It sought to glorify the past; an unrealised, fictional time, in which everything was constructed to a formal standard in a realistic and accurate depiction of a subject. However, for the first time in the renaissance, Monet became independently of worldly forms. He was increasingly isolated

The ephemeral nature of a conventional sunrise is subverted, with the abandonment of traditional linear perspective and avoidance of clarity of form that previously served to distinguish segments within the painting, leading critics to contend that the work was “unfinished.” However this approach constituted Monet’s avant-garde approach to painting, where the feelings emitted by a scene rather than exact details paved the way for advancements in his technique that led to the evolution of modern art. Space in the painting is suggested rather than created through an illusionistic depiction of linear perspective. Whilst conventional art at the time was confined by subdued colors and blended brush strokes, Monet employed short brush strokes and bold colors, using color and texture together to create the illusion of light and motion. Rather than using the dark reddish-brown underpinning typical of the nineteenth century, Monet began to paint on canvases primed in white of light beige tones to enhance the brilliance of his colours. He applied thin washes of intense colour, a palette of mostly cool, dull hues into the painting with blues and grays, but also includes splashes of warm colors noticed in the sky and the red-orange sun. Monet was highly acknowledged for his awareness of color harmony and his ability to enforce viewers’ attention, reflecting his unique and constantly transforming personal vision. Whilst Sunrise and Monet’s artistic technique fell under harsh criticism at their outset, Monet’s masterpiece gave birth to a new movement and created a revolution in the world of art. As a result of Monet’s depiction, Sunrise is “essentially an illusion…a ring of chromatic liveliness that captivates the mind.” In this way, Monet’s works become metaphors for the viewers own emotion, in which the viewing