Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Oscar-Claude Monet (UK: /ˈmɒneɪ/, US: /moʊˈneɪ, məˈ-/, French: [klod mɔnɛ]; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it.[1]

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Images

Works

Three Cows Grazing, 1868, pastel on paper[2]

Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant), 1872; the painting that gave its name to the style and artistic movement. Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris[3]

Lavacourt under Snow (Coucher de soleil sur la neige à Lavacourt), 1881, oil on canvas, 59.7 x 80.6 cm, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin[4]

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Cows_Grazing_by_Claude_Monet.jpg

[3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monet_-_Impression,_Sunrise.jpg

[4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monet,_Lavacourt-Sunshine-and-Snow.jpg

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Francois-Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

François-Auguste-René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor, and the preeminent sculptor of the modern era. He played a pivotal role in the art of the late nineteenth century, both excelling at and rebelling against the Beaux-Arts tradition.

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Quotes·Quotations by Auguste Rodin

Arts

¶ I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
when asked how he managed to make his remarkable statues

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@ Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
As quoted in Heads and Tales (1936) by Malvina Hoffman, p. 47

@ The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.
As quoted in A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought (2004) by Lloyd Albert Johnson, p. 7

@ I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age.
As quoted in "Rodin freed human spirit" in The Des Moines Register (7 January 2007)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin

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Émile Zola (1840-1902)

Émile Zola (1840-1902)

Émile François Zola (French pronunciation: [e.mil zɔ.la]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in the renowned newspaper headline J'Accuse.[1]

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Quotes·Quotation

Arts, Artists

¶ My own art is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside all rules and demands of society.

¶ "The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."

Both the gift and the work are equally important for an artist to truly succeed and create meaningful art.

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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Zola