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Claude Monet By Molly Micou

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Vital Statistics <ul><li>Birth Date: November 14,1840 </li></ul><ul><li>Death Date: December 5, 1926 </li></ul><ul><li>National Origin: French </li></ul><ul><li>Profession: Impressionist painter </li></ul>

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Personal Influences <ul><li>Lived in France in his childhood </li></ul><ul><li>Eugène Boudin </li></ul><ul><li>Lived in poverty </li></ul><ul><li>His family </li></ul>

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Key Historical Events <ul><li>The Franco-Prussian war </li></ul>

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Influences of the Art World <ul><li>Leader of the impressionist movement in France </li></ul><ul><li>“ Only an eye” </li></ul><ul><li>“ The inventor of color” </li></ul>

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Stylistic Traits <ul><li>Paints directly from life </li></ul><ul><li>Bright and cheery </li></ul><ul><li>Not many details </li></ul><ul><li>Short brush strokes </li></ul><ul><li>Nature </li></ul>

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Cliff Walk at Pourville, 1882 <ul><li>Stylistic Traits </li></ul><ul><li>Short brush strokes </li></ul><ul><li>Not close up </li></ul><ul><li>Use of color </li></ul><ul><li>Not too much detail </li></ul><ul><li>Nature </li></ul>

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Water Lilies, 1916 <ul><li>Stylistic Traits </li></ul><ul><li>short brush strokes </li></ul><ul><li>Nature </li></ul><ul><li>Reflections in the water </li></ul><ul><li>Bright and cheery </li></ul>

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The Artist’s House, 1873 <ul><li>Stylistic Traits </li></ul><ul><li>Repetitive strokes </li></ul><ul><li>Short brush strokes </li></ul><ul><li>Depth perception </li></ul><ul><li>Shadow effects </li></ul>

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My Original Artwork <ul><li>Lighthouse on the Point, 2010 </li></ul>

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Conclusion <ul><li>Stylistic traits in my artwork: </li></ul><ul><li>Nature </li></ul><ul><li>Short brush strokes </li></ul><ul><li>Not much detail </li></ul><ul><li>Bright and cheery </li></ul><ul><li>Things I have learned </li></ul><ul><li>Objects are not always 1 color </li></ul><ul><li>You don’t need a lot of detail to make a painting look good. </li></ul><ul><li>The most challenging part would be the colors </li></ul><ul><li>Principal strength: The sand </li></ul><ul><li>Principal weakness: too much sand and ocean </li></ul>