Claude Monet is among the biggest names of the Impressionist Movement. Monet’s work was most famous for the landscape paintings that artistically captured the colors of seasons and the beauty of light.
Many art lovers in this world consider their homes incomplete if they do not have a Monet Painting. Here are seven of them that are worth everyone’s consideration.
1.The Walk Woman with a Parasol
Monet’s work mostly focuses on landscape design. His paintings follow subjects that are similar to artists like Van Gogh. This painting is slightly set apart from his regular style.
Monet left behind a few of his portrait style paintings out which ‘The Walk Woman with a Parasol’ is one. The painting features a woman standing beside a child in a meadow. Monet manages to add plentiful character and detail to his two characters in the painting, while adhering strictly to the unique style of Impressionist, rather than that of strict realism.
2. Irises in Monet’s Garden
Landscape paintings have a great influence on locations. They are known to add romance to landscapes. The ‘Irises in Monet’s Garden,’ is one great rendition of the artist’s very own garden, just as suggested by the painting’s title.
The painting focuses on the purple flowers in the garden, which really brings out their vibrancy. The flowers get a better chance to shine brightly against the greens, browns, and reds of the surrounding trees. The painting shows its artistic streak by avoiding dullness with the faint hint of blue water in the background.
3. Boulevard Des Capucines
This is another landscape painting by Monet but is different in nature since the viewer isn’t gazing at a peaceful, quiet scene of nature. The painting depicts a busy time in winter, with people crowding a boulevard and roaming around.
Monet is known for focusing more reverent scene. This painting comes as a surprise in concentrating on the population. Needless to say, the subject does showcase Monet’s range of artistic skills, even if human subjects were not frequently reflected upon by him.
4. The Japanese Bridge or Water Lily Pond
This painting of the Japanese Bridge or The Water Lily Pond is one of Monet’s most popular pieces. Monet managed to buy a piece of his own land in the 1890s despite struggling with finances. This iconic painting was thus inspired by the scenery of his land called Giverny.
This piece wasn’t the sole inspiration of the artist. In fact, he made a series of paintings based on the inspirations from Lily Pond’s water. Many people consider the pond’s reflections as a great sign of technical mastery.
5. The Flowered Garden
The Flowered Garden makes the best choice for adding an abundance of color to your room. There is possibly no other painting that employs a color palette as vibrant and diverse as this particular painting by Monet does.
The Flowered Garden is a depiction of a garden overhung with trees and lined with a variety of blooms. The painting uses multiple resources for its colors. Monet clearly shows great space for playing with flowers surrounding the path and with foliage. The attention to light is how the artist really brings the painting to life. It takes away the monotony of a single tone adds an extra dimension of realism to the painting.
6. The Artist’s Family in the Garden
The artist’s personal life cannot be portrayed in any better way than Art. It offers an accurate glimpse into the artist’s life, which nothing else can. Monet offers exactly this to his audience through his paintings.
The artist’s personal garden is not only a glimpse of Monet’s personal space, but the painting also shows his family to us. Monet yet again achieves the perfect balance of color and light in an unmatchable fashion. The family remains clearly distinct with their contrasting color outfits to the plant life and grass around them. A patch of highlight also illuminates their placement.
7. A Cart on the Road Covered with Snow
Monet’s works often feature nature’s blossoming beauty. Most of the pieces of art are seen rife with nature’s beauty. Monet’s compositions alone contain blooming flowers and lush landscapes. This is only a fraction, however, of nature’s offerings.
Most artists have not dedicated much time to capture the beauty of winters for viewers. This is due to the season being considered “barren.” The painting ‘A Cart on the Snow Covered Road with Saint Simeon Farm’ allows the viewer an image of a winter wonderland covered in snow. It is a refreshing contrast than the most often depicted summer-time and spring-time locales.
Final Thoughts
These are just seven of his best works. Monet, however, holds a library of some of the most awe-inspiring pieces of sand works the world has ever seen. While these seven are enough to make an art lover spend an eternity gazing at the paintings, yet Monet offers a much greater and diverse work body to explore.