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Agapanthus 1914-26

The famous painter was Claude Monet. He was Claude Monet was born on 14th November 1840 in Paris, France. He was named Oscar-Cluade, and his parents called him Oscar. He did not want to work in his father’s business. When he grew up he went to the school of Le Harve School of Arts in 1851. Eugene Boudin taught Monet oil paintings techniques and how to paint outside in nature. Once he had had surgery to remove the cataracts from his eyes. Which resulted his works of art to contain more of red than before the surgery. Monet was at the forefront of the impressionist movement. He was more focused on the changing light and color in his paintings so that they replicate what is happening outside. He created well more than one thousand pieces of art. He passed away on December fifth, 1926.

I picked a painting called Agapanthus which translates to water Lilies. He probably painted these lilies from his private garden which he drew many inspirations from. I looked up the type of flower he painted and came up to the conclusion that he painted a lily that is native from Africa. This oil painting is focusing on the lilies. The pink lilies are the standout piece of the whole painting due to the background just being grass and small bushes in the front of the lilies. This piece seems to be more than just shapes and lines as artist before him were famous for. The only thing that is meant to stand out or come out of the canvas are the bright and colorful lilies. This painting also the different shades of green in my opinion to differentiate the different types of grass, bushes or weeds he has in huge garden that is filled with Varity of plants and flowers.

The thing that caught my eye about this painting is the pink colors of which the lilies were painting. In the paintings around in the same time I did not see many artists using vibrant colors. Another thing that got my attention of this painting by Monet was the simplicity of the whole thing. The simplicity of having a garden at his fingertips made the painting seem not rushed and took his time in completing the painting.

One question I have about this painting is why did he only choose to paint one kind of flower and not a bunch of different types of lilies? Another question I have is this the most beautiful lilies he had in his garden which was large?

my name is lautaro. I transfered last semester and currently pursuing a degree in Accounting.