Women with a Parasol-Madame Monet and Her Son: contribution that this paint did to the modern art world.

Women with a Parasol-Madame Monet and Her Son

Claud Monet (1840-1926)

1875

Oil on Canvas

100 x 81 cm

119.4 x 99.7 cm

Image from National Gallery of Art.

Working thesis statement

– “Woman with a Parasol” is also called “The Stroll”. Painted 1875 (art, n.d.) in France Argenteuil; The character in the paint are Monet’s wife Camille Monet and his 7-year-old son.

– This paint was finished within a day; he was using the fast-visible brushstrokes to create this work. This work witnessed that Monet got away from the Academy style. (Gallery, n.d.) The theme of the paint is one of kind. (Proving the impressionism)

– “Woman with a Parasol” was exhibited in second impressionist exhibition, 1876. (Art)

– The theme and environment in the paint earned many claps and praises. The whole image provides people with a feeling of freedom and kind. (Art, nga.gov, n.d.)

The controversy parts.

· How much contribution that this paint did to the modern art world.

· The affections about the theme in this paint.

· The viewer nowadays is judging the art value of this paint.

Those controversy parts about the paint were making a progress in modern art and improve the development of art.

Bibliography:

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2. Goldwater, Robert. “The Glory that was France.” Art News 65 (March 1966):42, repro. cover. 1966

3. Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 382-383, no. 317, color repro. 2004

4. C. Monet Gallery “Woman with a Parasol”. https://www.cmonetgallery.com/woman-with-a-parasol.aspx

5. Woman with a Parasol, 1875 by Claude Monet, Claude Monet Paintings, biography, and Quotes. https://www.claude-monet.com/woman-with-a-parasol.jsp#prettyPhoto

6. Eelco Kappe. “Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude onet.” TripImprover, (2019/10/16) https://www.tripimprover.com/blog/woman-with-a-parasol-madame-monet-and-her-son-by-claude-monet#comments

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