Claude Monet - Water Lily Pond
Claude Monet always stood alone; his feet resounding heavily on the solid road that he was determined to follow until the very end. With tiny, dabbing brush strokes his paintings, more often than not exploded in the golden richness of the sun. With Monet a brush stroke, while imprecise, can suggest an infinity of objects that go beyond the instant and eternalize it. Born in Paris on the 14th November 1840, Claude Monet was one of the masters of the style of art known as Impressionism. The name „Impressionism' was invented as a term of abuse, hurled by a critic after seeing the Monet painting „Impression: Sunrise' at an exhibition in 1874. Yet those who practiced the style of art adopted the slur with dignity.During his life, Monet painted many series of paintings, each one based on a certain subject. One such series is the „Japanese Bridge' painted in 1899 after the death of his second wife Suzanne. Nine out of eleven paintings were given the title „Water Lily Pond,' and through out the series an idealized world emerges, an enclosed and secure paradi
Proportion of the objects in the „Water Lily Pond' relates directly to their proximity to each other. The aquatic plants that float on the top of the water in the foreground of the piece are large in comparison to those underneath the bridge, whilst the bridge arching over the pond is large, despite being towards the top of painting and thus further away. Yet the imposing size of the bridge dominates the painting regardless. Each brush stroke placed on the canvas by Monet is part of the symphony that makes up the piece. Short, dabbing motions of his brush create the mirage of colours in the water lilies whilst slender, supple strokes impart the willows and the bridge with a soft and realistic look. In the background, towards the far end of the pond, the strokes blend together and the texture appears mottled, providing the painting with its three dimensional feel. In conclusion, Monet has correctly proportioned the plants of the garden so as to reflect nature and used a variety of colour and texture to allow a clear uninterrupted view of the surface of
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