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Monet was the initiator, leader and advocate of impressionism painting movement.
Monet became famous after he exhibited ‘Expression: Sunrise’ in 1874, and critics started a commentary with the title ‘expressionists’ exhibition’ towards this movement. In 1888, critic Fi Fineon wrote:’ the word Impressionism was made for him, this term is the most suitable for him than any others. ‘
When Monet was 5, his family moved to St. Adres which near Le Havre. He learned drawing from a local artist when he was 15. His artistic life started after he met E Bude. He also started painting at outdoor places at that time. He first visited Pairs in 1859-1860, where Barbizon painter Daubigny and Tevaren gave him a deep impact. Around before or after 1872 he was interested in the Japanese print, and its decorativeness and flatness has a great impact on modern French painting.
1865-1870 was the early period of Monet’s creation life. Before this time he had already used special impressionism brushwork to paint, such as ‘picnic’ (1865 -1866) and ‘St, Adeless’s balcony’. Monet’s main purpose was to explore the method of perform nature, record momentary feeling, impression and the things that were full of vitality and movement. He set objects as planer color images to paint, and did not pay much attention to their weight and size. In 1868, together with Renoir and Bourges Val, they created the first group of Impressionism works, which used strong brushwork to describe outdoor light, movement and momentary feeling.
In the beginning of 1970s he went to London and also in Netherlands he painted canal, ships, windmills, and finish the painting ‘ Impression: Sunrise” in Le Havre, then he lived in Argenteuil after returning home, this period was also the peak of impressionism movement. Between 1872 and 1875, the works that created by Monet, Renoir, Sisley and Pissarro were the most attractive works of impressionism. In 1883 Monet settled in Giverny till his death. He concentrated on finishing a series of painting after 90s, such as: “Topol” (1890-1891), “cock” (1889-1893), “Rouen Cathedral, Sunset” (1894), “The Seine Morning “(18 96-1897), and etc.
In 1890 Monet changed the Giverny into the water lily garden, where he painted “water lily” series for 20 years. Later these works developed into a big round mural in 1925, and was placed in the two 80-foot oval-shaped hall in Paris Yile Rio Palace, which displayed to the public in 1971. Regardless of eye disease in his old age, he continued to explore the world until the death in 1926.
His main works include: “St. Edeless’s Balcony” (1866, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art), “the Women in Garden” (1866-1 867, the Louvre Museum), “River” (1868, Chicago Tibetan Institute of the Arts), “impression: Sunrise” (1872, Bali Ma Motan Museum), “La Paris Saint Charles train station” (1877, Harvard University Fogg Art Museum), “cock” (1891, Tibetan Art Institute of Chicago) and “water lily” even for (1906-1926, Paris tennis court).

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(Claude Monet,1840-1926) France painter of impressionism ©2010 Oil Paintings Market News