Monet Paintings - What Era and Movements are Claude Monet Oil Paintings Considered?

Question

I was looking at the paintings of Claude Monet http://www.overstockart.com/monrep.html and I was wondering what era or ganera he is considered and when did he paint? is he before Van Gogh or Degas? What Influenced Monet?

Answer 1

Monet came before Van Gogh, and was a close firend to Degas since they belongd to the same art movement and period. Monet belonged to the Impressionist movement, which he himself officially launched after his marvelous revolutionary painting "Impression: Sunrise" (1872), which shows a landscape seen through mist. He believed that artists should not be slaves to nature and copy it as it is. Instead, artists should paint their impressions about nature. Monet, as well as his fellow Impressioists, left their studios and painted in the outdoors. This movement marked the end of the Realistic art style which dominated the world of art for centuries. The starting of Impressionism also marks the beginning of the Modern movement.

Moreover, Impressionism was influenced by many movements and artists. One important movement is the Macchiaioli, an art movement so similar to Impressionism started off in Italy whose artists called themselves Realists instead of Impressionists. The only difference is that they never had to complete their paintings int the open air; many a times had they completed their work in their indoor studios. Artists from this group include Giovanni Fattori and Telemaco Signorini. Another movement of influence was the Barbizon School, an offshot of 19th Century Realism, which included beautiful landscapes made by artists Theodore Rousseau, Charles-Francois Daubigny, and Jean-Francois Millet. However, other influences to the Impressionist movement included the works of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Joseph Mallord Wlliam Turner, Gustave Courbet, and Edouard Manet (whose controversial works including "Olympia" and "Luncheon on the Grass" attracted many critics and influenced Modern artists with their massive amounts of simplicity of detail and shocking dpiction of female nudes).

On the other hand, Vincent van Gogh was a Postimpressionist, in the sense that he had his own style different from that followed by the Impressionists. Vibrant colors, fast and sharp strokes, and much more detail elimination appeared in Vincent van Gogh's work. It is very relevant to say the Van Gogh was a follower and influenced by the works of Monet and his gang.

Answer 2

I would not consider him to be the father of Impressionism but he was a leading figure in that era. His GENRE is that of moving away from realism towards pure explorations of painting light through colour. Influenced greatly by the Industrial Revolution, the Impressionists were seeking a way to articulate their concerns at the urban development that they saw as a threat to pure aesthetic expression. Monet is regarded as one of the leading percursors of abstract art and constantly sought to exclude reality from his work - hence the obsession with his lily pond. Degas was amongst the Impressionists, but he is more known for his figurative work. Van Gogh was greaty influenced by the Impressionist when he moved to Paris but his mental health stopped him engaging with them on an intellectual level and therefore did not really become part of the debate that Impressionism provoked. They were all working in Paris around the same time - the mid 1880s - though Degas is more known for his work in the 1870s and Monet had made some significant works by that time and in fact influenced Van Gogh and his work. So Monet and Degas working in the Impressionist style and finally Van Gogh joining them late in his life. Note the underlying repetitive work in all of these artists.

Answer 3

Isn't it Post Impressionism? with Van Gogh. Have a search on the net for Monet and get all the info from there.

Answer 4

Monet is the father of impressionism. Roughly the same time as Degas. Second half of the nineteenth century. Before Van Gogh.
He tried to capture the changing shades of light. You don't see flowers, but you see the reflection of light on your retina.

Answer 5

Impressionism

He did a lot of scenic paintings, very light and pretty. They almost look like a watercolor they are so delicate. This would have been around the 20's.

Answer 6

He is the father of impressionism. The word comes from his painting "impression soleil levant" (impression sun rising). Not post-impressionism.

Answer 7

impressionism