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#HIGHBROW SALON SERIES#

In 1874, Monet and other artists rejected from the Salon exhibited independently in a display now widely regarded as the birth of Impressionism.Ĭamille Monet and a Child in the Artist’s Garden in ArgenteuilĬlaude Monet is known for a number of paintings, including the Waterlilies series painted in his garden-the flowers were some of his favorite subjects. He made a meager living from his paintings, and when the couple returned to Paris, they continued to struggle. He married one of his models, Camille, in 1870, and the two traveled abroad during the Franco-Prussian War. After returning to Paris, he continued submitting works to the Paris Salon, but he was rejected. Not only did Monet’s style change the way artists approached painting, but it changed the way people thought about art.īorn in 1840, Monet began studying painting by age 12, stopping only in 1861 to serve briefly in the military. Attempting to show the movement and momentary nature of light, Monet was known to paint the same outdoor scene at different times of day. The most prominent Impressionist painter, Monet changed the art world with his visionary perspective and interplay of light and color. In 1874, the term “Impressionism” was coined after one of Claude Monet’s paintings (named Impression: Sunrise) at the first exhibition of a group of artists whose work had been rejected from the Paris Salon.

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Episode #2 of the course “Impressionist artists who changed the art world”











Highbrow salon