Claude Monet... The first draft

In reviewing the art of Claude Monet I have, of course, learned a lot about his paitings and his life. I've been able to look deeply into why someone would like his art and why someone might not like it. I looked at both sides of the arguement. I learned about his life and process of becoming an artist.

Besides all of this, the part I like the best were the little interesting facts that I learned about him. Did you know that he started at age fourteen by drawing caricatures? Did you know that he used to charge for his portraits when he was fourteen? He became popular throughout his whole town because of his art. Did you know that during his caricature years he thought of landscape scenes as "revolting"? He hated them and didn't consider them art at all. Of course once he opened up his mind enough, he learned to love them and that is what he is really popular for now.

I also thought it was amazing that his art basically started impressionism. He was considered the first Impressionist. Do you know what an amazing accomplishment it is to have started your own genre of art? Thats pretty amazing.

I used to think of Monet as an artist that painted pretty water lilies. But now I know that he is so much more than that. First of all he does more then just water lilies. Second of all his shading and detail are just amazing and intricate. He is so much different then any other artist.