Early works

One of Monet's early paintings was Garden at Sainte-Adresse in 1867, when he was only 26 years old. He wanted to find new ways to shoe modern life in his paintings. Monet painted it from the garden in his aunt's seaside villa. In the painting he is trying to show the pleasures that the middle class enjoys. He used pure contrasting colors in patches all over the painting, which was typical for an impressionist's manner of painting(nga.gov.au).

Another early piece from Monet is The Beach at Sainte-Adresse. In this piece, Monet wanted to try and convey the different shifts of weather and light. His composition is mostly of sand, water, and sky. He did this piece and many other pieces while staying at his aunts villa in the summer of 1867. His main theme was tourism, which became a popular subject for impressionists to paint(The Art Institute of Chicago).

By: Amelia Coblentz

Bibliographies
The Art Institute of Chicago.2005.

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http://nga.gov.au/monetjapan/Detail.cfm?WorkID=W95