Francisco HernandezMs GilliganComp1 October 27 2014Monet
Francisco Hernandez
Ms. Gilligan
Comp-1
October 27, 2014
Monet vs. Seurat
The styles of Claude Monet and Georges Seurat are similar and both unique at the same time. They are both very fine artists that specialize in Impressionism. Georges Seurat is best known for his painting “Sunday afternoon on the Island of la Grande-Jatte. Claude Monet is best known for his impressionist paint titled Water lilies. They both were great artists of their time and have left a great impact and artwork for today’s modern artists to admire and study. Claude Monet was an impressionist painter who would later influence the movement of modern art and create one of the most famous paintings Water lilies (Oscar 1). This has been recreated many times by artists all over the world. Claude Monet was born in Paris France on November 14, 1840. In his early life he loved to be outdoors and would always draw in his school books. At the age of five he lived in the Normandy Region with his siblings and later on moved back to Paris after the death of his mother to become an artist; his father wanted him to study business, but he still chose to pursue his dream (Oscar 1). Georges Seurat was part of the Neo-impressionist movement. He was born in Paris France on December 2, 1859; he started to gain interest in art because of his uncle and soon began to take lessons from him. He was enrolled at the famous Ecole de Beaux-Arts Paris. He was fairly interested in work from Monet (Georges 1). They both have their similarities and differences; they both wanted to capture more natural scenery of what everyday life is like. Seurat used a new method called Pointillism, which can be seen in his Sunday afternoon painting (Thomas 162). Monet was mainly known for using brush strokes to show urgency/movement in his paintings. Monet used pastels; they were colors that were better to work with when trying to mimic nature (Oscar 124). Seurat used colors that were undiluted and layered on top of one another. Water
Ms. Gilligan
Comp-1
October 27, 2014
Monet vs. Seurat
The styles of Claude Monet and Georges Seurat are similar and both unique at the same time. They are both very fine artists that specialize in Impressionism. Georges Seurat is best known for his painting “Sunday afternoon on the Island of la Grande-Jatte. Claude Monet is best known for his impressionist paint titled Water lilies. They both were great artists of their time and have left a great impact and artwork for today’s modern artists to admire and study. Claude Monet was an impressionist painter who would later influence the movement of modern art and create one of the most famous paintings Water lilies (Oscar 1). This has been recreated many times by artists all over the world. Claude Monet was born in Paris France on November 14, 1840. In his early life he loved to be outdoors and would always draw in his school books. At the age of five he lived in the Normandy Region with his siblings and later on moved back to Paris after the death of his mother to become an artist; his father wanted him to study business, but he still chose to pursue his dream (Oscar 1). Georges Seurat was part of the Neo-impressionist movement. He was born in Paris France on December 2, 1859; he started to gain interest in art because of his uncle and soon began to take lessons from him. He was enrolled at the famous Ecole de Beaux-Arts Paris. He was fairly interested in work from Monet (Georges 1). They both have their similarities and differences; they both wanted to capture more natural scenery of what everyday life is like. Seurat used a new method called Pointillism, which can be seen in his Sunday afternoon painting (Thomas 162). Monet was mainly known for using brush strokes to show urgency/movement in his paintings. Monet used pastels; they were colors that were better to work with when trying to mimic nature (Oscar 124). Seurat used colors that were undiluted and layered on top of one another. Water