Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows

Artist	MONET, Claude　クロード・モネ　1840-1926
Title	Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows
Date	1916-19
Material/ Technique	oil on canvas
Size (cm)	130.0×197.7

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MONET, Claude

	1840-1926
Biography	French painter. Born in Paris. In 1858, met the landscape painter Eugène Boudin, who inspired him to become a painter. In 1860, studied at the art school Académie Suisse, where he came to know Camille Pissarro. Befriending the painters of the Barbizon school led him to study expressions of landscapes. In 1862, he studied at the studio of Charles Gleyre in Paris, where he met other students such as Renoir and Alfred Sisley. In 1874, Monet and other artists such as Degas organized a group exhibition open to all artists without jury selection. Monet exhibited “Impression, Sunrise,” which became the origin of the group description “Impressionism.” He established a method of expression to repeatedly depict the same motifs in a series of works. From the 1880s onward, he continued to pursue Impressionist techniques that could capture the shifting of light, using rich colors, which ceaselessly changed according to time and season.

1840-1926

Biography

French painter. Born in Paris. In 1858, met the landscape painter Eugène Boudin, who inspired him to become a painter. In 1860, studied at the art school Académie Suisse, where he came to know Camille Pissarro. Befriending the painters of the Barbizon school led him to study expressions of landscapes. In 1862, he studied at the studio of Charles Gleyre in Paris, where he met other students such as Renoir and Alfred Sisley. In 1874, Monet and other artists such as Degas organized a group exhibition open to all artists without jury selection. Monet exhibited “Impression, Sunrise,” which became the origin of the group description “Impressionism.” He established a method of expression to repeatedly depict the same motifs in a series of works. From the 1880s onward, he continued to pursue Impressionist techniques that could capture the shifting of light, using rich colors, which ceaselessly changed according to time and season.

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