1 HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBITION SERIES:Monet: The Early Years
2 Outline Monet: The Early Years I. Experience1. What you will see at the Kimbell Art Museum A. See Monet: The Early Years B. Elements of Art Criticism C. Workshop at the Kimbell II. Introduction 1. Who was Claude Monet? 2. Monet’s Legacy III. Enrichment 1. Monet’s Philosophy 2. Eye of the Beholder 3. Inventions and Innovations IV. Project 1. Monet’s Modern Themes A. Drawing Modern Leisure B. Compare and Contrast *All IFW programs are TEKS aligned Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
3 Experience: What you will see at the KimbellMonet: The Early Years Experience: What you will see at the Kimbell Students will participate in interactive docent-guided tours through the special exhibition Monet: The Early Years, followed by an art-making workshop focusing on art criticism in the education studios. The Pointe de La Hève at Low Tide Claude Monet France 1865 Oil on Canvas Kimbell Art Museum Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
4 Experience: Practicing Art CriticismMonet: The Early Years Experience: Practicing Art Criticism Practicing effective art criticism demands that we discuss and value art in complex ways, moving beyond initial judgements of “good” or “bad.” There are four elements of art criticism: Describe Analyze Interpret Evaluate Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
5 Experience: Practicing Art CriticismMonet: The Early Years Experience: Practicing Art Criticism Describe the artwork. What do you see? Analyze the artist’s use of subject matter, the elements and principles of design, and composition organization. Interpret meaning in the artwork based on your observations and conversations. Evaluate the artwork’s success. Quai du Louvre Claude Monet France 1867 Oil on Canvas Gemeentemuseum den Haag Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
6 Experience: Workshop at the KimbellMonet: The Early Years Experience: Workshop at the Kimbell Each class will collaborate to create a zine (handmade magazine) in which students reflect on their relationships to the works in the exhibition. Students will respond to the artworks using prose, poetry, drawings, symbolism, and humor, while considering the four stages of art criticism as the foundation for their creations. Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
7 Experience: Workshop at the KimbellMonet: The Early Years Experience: Workshop at the Kimbell Students will work with collage materials including images of the exhibition artworks, magazines, excerpts from museum materials, articles, drawing materials, and a Xerox machine to assemble the group zine. Zines can be created in a myriad of ways, typically combining drawings, images, and text on printer paper and then making copies to assemble and distribute. This method of art-making is particularly expressive and easily dispersed, perfect for people with a message to send! Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
8 Introduction: Who was Claude Monet?Monet: The Early Years Introduction: Who was Claude Monet? Claude Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris, France. He grew up in Le Havre, Normandy, where he excelled at drawing caricatures inspired by Nadar, a famous caricaturist and photographer. Some of these were exhibited in the windows of an artists’ supply store. Painter Eugène Boudin saw Monet’s caricatures and invited him paint outside together. Boudin continued to influence Monet’s early painting career. Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”) Claude Monet France 1858 Charcoal and white chalk on paper The Art Institute of Chicago The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History on Monet: Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
9 Introduction: Who was Claude Monet?Monet: The Early Years Introduction: Who was Claude Monet? In 1860, Monet moved to Paris. He studied with Dutch landscape painter Jongkind and later enrolled in the studio of painter Charles Gleyre. He made friends with like-minded artists such as Bazille, Renoir, Manet, Cézanne, Fantin-Latour, and Pissarro (future members of the Impressionist movement). The Salon was the center of the Academic art world in the nineteenth century, showcasing traditional classical and historical subjects. Showing in the Salon was essential to gaining critical attention and supporting oneself as an artist. Monet showed some early portraits, landscapes, and seascapes in the Salons of the 1860s. Aspect du salon le jour de l’ouverture… [A glimpse of the Salon on opening day] Honoré Daumier France 1857 lithograph Los Angeles County Museum of Art More about Monet: Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
10 Information: Monet’s LegacyMonet: The Early Years Information: Monet’s Legacy Though Monet showed a few paintings in the annual Salons, many of his more ambitious paintings, and those of his friends, were rejected from the exhibitions. Over time, these rejections inspired the creation of an independent exhibition in 1874, initially called the Société Anonyme des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, etc. (The Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc.). Monet’s contribution to the exhibition, Impression: Sunrise, drew fierce scorn for its loose brushwork and blurred forms. The artists were not discouraged by this criticism, instead adopting the name “Impressionists” in honor of the radical painting. Impression: Sunrise Claude Monet France 1872 Oil on canvas Musée Marmottan Monet More about Impression, Sunrise: Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
11 Enrichment: Monet’s PhilosophyMonet: The Early Years Enrichment: Monet’s Philosophy Monet examined changes in light and environment by painting series of images from the same spot at different times of day, varying his brushwork and color palette to mirror changes in atmosphere. In the 1890s, Monet painted more than 30 paintings of the Rouen Cathedral, exploring this concept. Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight Claude Monet France 1892 National Gallery of Art Rouen Cathedral, Façade (Morning effect) Claude Monet France 1892 National Gallery of Art Drs. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker discuss Monet’s Rouen Cathedral series: Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
12 Enrichment: The Eye of the BeholderMonet: The Early Years Enrichment: The Eye of the Beholder Impressionist painters were interested in the way the human mind processes what it sees. Where do we focus? What objects do our eyes naturally blur? When we look at a landscape or a crowd of people, we do not instantly see every face or leaf in detailed focus. Some details move forward, while others may appear as a mass of color and light. Monet and the Impressionists experimented with this phenomenon in their artworks. On the Beach at Trouville Claude Monet France 1870 Oil on Canvas Yale University Art Gallery Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
13 Smithsonian Magazine on the paint tube:Monet: The Early Years Enrichment: Innovations and Inventions The invention of collapsible metal paint tubes, ready-made and synthetic paint, and portable easels changed how artists like Monet painted. The availability of these new tools meant that artists could easily work outdoors, away from their studios. With this new flexibility came the depiction of more scenes from modern life. The Port at Argenteuil Claude Monet France 1872 Oil on Canvas Musée d’Orsay Smithsonian Magazine on the paint tube: Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
14 Projects: Monet’s Modern ThemesMonet: The Early Years Projects: Monet’s Modern Themes The Industrial Revolution, and with it the expansion of rail connections between Paris and small country towns, made leisure activities, such as boating, more accessible to the middle class. On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt (River Scene) Claude Monet France 1868 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago As a sketchbook exercise, draw a scene of your leisure time. Consider the what, where, when, why, and with whom of your subject as you create your composition. Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
15 Projects: Monet’s Modern ThemesMonet: The Early Years Projects: Monet’s Modern Themes Unlike their predecessors, Impressionists painted scenes from everyday middle class life, featuring leisure activities such as boating, café scenes, and landscapes. While many of Monet’s paintings depict leisurely scenes from country life, he often included railroad bridges and factories, hinting at the encroachment of industrialization. The Impressionists saw the world in a continual state of change, reflected in their quick, small brush strokes. Compare Bastien-Lepage’s Romantic painting (left) with Monet’s Impressionistic painting (right). Take note of color, light, figure placement, composition, setting, and narrative. Joan of Arc Jules Bastien-Lepage France 1879 Oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art Woman with a Parasol Claude Monet France 1875 Oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Experience Introduction Enrichment Projects About Us IFW Donors
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