Monet

Monet is a French impressionist from the 19th Century. He is probably the most famous of all the impressionists and he lead to movements such as Fauvism coming about. Monet has always been one of my favourite artists, his amazing use of colour and composition led him to making some of the most beautiful pieces of art I have ever seen.
The idea of impressionism even came about based on one of Monet's own paintings, Impression Soleil levant or impression sunrise.


The idea of impressionism was not to paint necessarily what you saw, but how it made you feel, how the light effected the image and how the forms within the composition effected its mood. These style of paintings often use very open compositions with a focus on changing light and colour. Monet's worked developed over his lifetime as he focused on capturing the moment of the piece perfectly, capturing the mood and light and colour of the landscape around him. All of his pieces I feel that 'Grain Stacks at Giverny, Sunset' best portrays the style of his art.


You can see how he has captured the soft light of the sunset and how it glows as it reflects off the grain stacks. The colours are incorrect, but that's the idea of impressionism, its not what you see it's how you feel, and the colours he used express the feelings he felt when he saw that landscape. This is one of the reasons why I find his work so inspirational, you can see how these landscapes he captures made him feel in the colours and composition of his pieces. Every brush stroke helps describe his emotional reaction to the landscape and I can genuinely feel some connection to Monet when I look at his work. No other artists work I have ever seen creates the same effect on me, his work is beautiful, powerful and inspiring.