AN APPRECIATION: Claude Monet
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Monet's landscape style evolved during his early years from an almost traditional style in "View of Roulles, Le Harve" in 1858 (above) to the more Impressionistic "Breakwater at Trouville" in 1870 (below).
In the mid-1860s, Monet sought to impress the Salon with two monumental size paintings. "Le Dejuner sur l'herbe" (above) was damaged and never submitted to the Salon. "Women in a Garden" (below) was rejected by the Salon.
Monet had better success with "Woman in a Green Dress" (above) but its similarity to the work of Edouard Manet angered Manet.
Two paintings from 1867, "Garden at Sainte-Adresse" (above) and "Woman in a Garden" (below).
The paintings Monet showed at the First Impressionist Exhibition varied in style. "The Luncheon" (above) is in the style Monet used in the mid-1860s and which he would later abandon. "Boulevard des Capuines" looks to the future.
Above: "Impression: Sunrise," the painting that inspired a critic to label Monet and his colleagues "Impressionists," is Monet at his most abstract.
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Artist appreciation - Claude Monet (Part I The Early Years)