A Woman Reading

The Sainte-andresse' terrace

Enrique Fernández Mora

4ºB SUBJECT: English

Índice

1. Cover

9. Description of the painting ( France)

6. Historical context of the painting (2)

2. Painter Biography

10.More about Monet

7. Description of the painting ( Characters)

3. Other major works

11. More about Monet ( 2)

4. Other major works (2)

8. Description of the painting ( English Channel)

12. THANKS

5. Historical context of the painting

Painter Biography

Claude Monet

He was the second son of Claude-Adolphe an Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, both of them second-generation Parsians. On May 20, 1841, he was baptized into the local church parish, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette as Oscar-Claude. His father wanted him to go into the family grocery store business, but Claude Monet wanted to become an artist. On the first of April 1851, Monet entered the Le Havre secondary school of the arts. Boudin taught Monet en "plein air" techniques for painting. Monet died of lung cancer on December 5, 1926 at the age of 86 and is buried in the Giverny church cementery. Monet had insisted that the occasion be simple; thus about fifty people attended the ceremony.

Other major works

Monet represents a quick look at the por of Le Havre covered in a light mist that makes the entire scene unclear. The artist wants to communicate feelings and thoughts to the viewer, specifically the ones he felt when faced with that sunrise.

Other major works

Researchers Hugh Honor and John Fleming say in their book History of Art that Monet still wanted to "show a direct experience of nature." That's how he thought about each big painting of the Water Lilies and where to put them in space.

Historial context of the painting chosen

The sainte-andresse'terrace

The Terrace of Sainte-Adresse or Garden at Sainte-Andresse is a painting by the French painter Claude Monet. It was painted on the terrace of a house overlooking the sea in the spa town of Sainte-Adresse during the summer of 1867. During the summer of 1867 Monet was working hard in Sainte-Adresse, emerging wonderful scenes such as the Sainte-Adresse Beach or this terrace, both taken from life despite using different lighting to reinforce the impressionist theory that light and color They depend on each moment.

Historial context of the painting chosen

The sainte-andresse'terrace

The intimacy of the terrace contrasts with the immensity of the great sea. In the foreground it offers us a view from above of a terrace delimited by a railing and flower beds occupied by members of the bourgeoisie. As is already traditional in Monet's works, the brushstroke is applied through small comma-shaped touches that become spots when the viewer approaches.

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Characters

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• Claude Monet--> was a French painter and the author of the artwork. He is wearing a white hat with a black ribbon and is seated on a wooden chair.
• Jeanne-Marie Lecadre and Adolphe Lacadre--> they are father and daughter, standing next to the fence. She is a distant cousin of Monet, and her father is his distant uncle.
• Sophie Lecadre--> sister and daughter of the background characters.

Description of the painting

English Channel

The place depicted in the artwork is the English Channel. As you can see, the painting was created during a time when electricity did not yet exist, as we can observe sailing ships and steamships. That's how the date of the painting is known, which is 1867.

Description of the painting

The France of that Time

As we can see on the right side, the flag of France is visible. During that time, Napoleon III withdrew his troops from Mexico to prevent German expansionism, which triggered the Franco-Prussian War.

More About Monet

Monet's love life

Throughout his life, Monet had two significant partners, which are as follows:

• Camile Doncieux--> (January 15, 1847 - September 5, 1879) was the first wife of the French painter Claude Monet. She appears in several paintings by Monet, as well as by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Édouard Manet. The Monet marriage had two children.

More About Monet

Monet's love life

Other partners

• Alice Hoschedé-->(February 19, 1844 - May 19, 1911) was Monet's second wife, who had previously been married to Ernest Hoschedé. They did not have any children together and lived together until her death.

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