Art History
Claude Monet
Jun 12, 2023
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10 minutes read
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a French painter and one of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement in the late 19th century. He is best known for his series of paintings depicting water lilies and his innovative approach to capturing the effects of light and atmosphere in his works.
Art History
Monet against all!
Feb 1, 2023
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9 minutes read
When people talk to us about Impressionism, generally, we are reminded of the image of the "typical" bearded and somewhat "clochard" French painter, who, intent on painting with his hands smeared with color, sheltering under a parasol or a hat, is ready to capture the changing seasons, lights, shadows and colors, times to manifest themselves on the same subject or multiple...
Art History
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Jun 13, 2023
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9 minutes read
"Impression, Sunrise" is a famous painting by Claude Monet and a significant work within the Impressionist movement. Created in 1872, it played a crucial role in shaping the direction of modern art.
Art News
Climate activists put red paint on a Monet painting
Jun 16, 2023
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2 minutes read
Two climate change activists put red paint on a Monet picture and stuck their hands to the glass protecting it at the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
Art History
Pollution in art: Turner, Monet and Boccioni "forerunners" of environmental art
Feb 5, 2023
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9 minutes read
The nineteenth- and twentieth-century reality, as told by artists, who, like Turner, Monet and Boccioni, documented, without any pretense of ecological denunciation, worthy of the more contemporary Environmental Art, Land Art and Ecological Art...
Pop Culture
Miniaturist Artist: Her Tiny Version of Monet Reunited with the Original
Jul 21, 2023
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3 minutes read
Ana Sofía Casaverde, Peruvian artist, went to the National Gallery of Art to admire "Woman with a Parasol", a work that she had painstakingly reproduced with the help of a needle.
Art News
The Union League Club sells a Monet to finance the renovation of its facilities
Mar 21, 2024
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2 minutes read
The Union League Club of Chicago plans to sell its Claude Monet painting "Pommiers en Fleurs" to fund renovations at its historic facility. The proceeds will enhance member services, reduce debt, and contribute to the club's American art collection.
Art News
40 million dollars for a painting from the series "Nymphéas" by Monet to be auctioned
Nov 3, 2021
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2 minutes read
Le Coin du Bassin aux Nymphéas (1918) will be auctioned off on November 16. It is one of a number of Monet pieces that have recently fetched high prices. The American buyer paid $6.7 million for the painting 24 years ago.
Art News
Environmental Protesters Target Monet's 'Spring' with Soup in Museum Incident
Feb 12, 2024
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2 minutes read
Activists splattered soup on Claude Monet's "Le Printemps" in a museum in southeast France, part of a series of protests to highlight environmental concerns. The museum intends to pursue legal action, while the group behind the act, Riposte Alimentaire, emphasizes the urgency of combating climate change for the sake of future art and society.
Pop Culture
650,000 Lego pieces to make a copy of Monet's water lilies!
Mar 22, 2023
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3 minutes read
"Water Lilies #1", which measures almost 15 meters wide, is the largest Lego work ever made by Ai. It will be on view when the new exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei opens in April at the Design Museum in London.
Art News
Christie’s Bets Big on Asia: Monet's "Nymphéas" to Lead $35M Auction in Hong Kong
Aug 22, 2024
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1 minutes read
Christie’s will inaugurate its new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong on September 26 with a landmark evening sale featuring Claude Monet’s Nymphéas, marking its auction debut and testing the region's growing market for Western art.
Art History
5 Artistic Destinations in the Footsteps of Great Artists
May 21, 2021
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9 minutes read
This article is dedicated to art and travel enthusiasts. Through artworks of legendary artists - Van Gogh, Munch, Hopper, Monet and Friedrich - go on an adventure along new trails that will make you discover or rediscover high places of Art History.
Art History
What are the most popular flowers in the history of art?
Sep 10, 2024
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9 minutes read
Artmajeur artists continue to explore and reinterpret natural elements--lily pads, roses, sunflowers, lilacs and poppies--inviting you to discover how nature has remained an inexhaustible source of inspiration and wonder for the fine arts...
Art News
French Culture Minister Advocates for Stricter Laws Against Art Activism
Jun 4, 2024
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2 minutes read
The defacement of Monet's painting by a Riposte Alimentaire activist prompted Culture Minister Rachida Dati to advocate for tougher laws against such vandalism. This incident has reignited debates about the boundaries of protest and artistic expression in France, raising questions about the balance between protecting cultural heritage and upholding freedom of expression.
Art History
How did Impressionism represent spring?
Mar 20, 2022
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6 minutes read
The landscapes of impressionists wanted to capture the changes of time, such as, for example, those brought by the succession of seasons, in order to maximize the natural and atmospheric peculiarities. Example of what we said can be the painting dedicated to springtime by Claude Monet, Springtime of 1886...
Art History
The 13 Essential Artists of Impressionism
Aug 27, 2021
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17 minutes read
Without them, Impressionism would never have existed. With them, classical art took an unexpected turn. Artmajeur looks back at 13 painters who left their mark on art history with the thrilling stroke of their brush.
Art News
The Morozov collection, the amazing tortured history of the Russian art trove is being displayed in Paris
Sep 21, 2021
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3 minutes read
The Morozov collection will open its doors in Paris one year after the scheduled opening date. Manet, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet, Picasso, Gauguin, Bonnard, Vuillard, Rodin etc. follow one another.
Art News
The Joan Mitchell Foundation tells Louis Vuitton to stop using paintings in ads for handbags
Feb 22, 2023
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4 minutes read
The Joan Mitchell Foundation has accused the high-end fashion company Louis Vuitton of using at least three of the artist's works without permission in an ad campaign for handbags that sell for up to $10,500 and feature actress Léa Seydoux.
Art History
Who inspired the Impressionists?
Jul 7, 2021
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8 minutes read
First episode of our series dedicated to the Impressionist epic: Discover with us the instigators of a revolutionary movement. Who impressed the Impressionists?
Art History
Top 10 Impressionist Paintings
Nov 28, 2023
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12 minutes read
How did Impressionism come into being? Like all things, it started with an idea! The artists in question decided to paint the reality around them in a very simple way, leaving aside the more complex and well-trodden historical and mythological subjects...
Art History
How was Impressionism born?
Jul 22, 2021
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12 minutes read
Second episode of our series dedicated to the Impressionist saga: Today, we take a look at the birth of a movement in brutal opposition with its time. 1860: between conservative academicism and disruptive impressionism: nothing goes right in the Art World.
Artist Portraits
Szilvia Banki: I have always loved drawing and painting
Jan 28, 2025
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4 minutes read
"I graduated from art school in Budapest and was taught by renowned painters. I also studied painting techniques that I hope I have retained. My absolute favourite paint is oil paint, which in my opinion is the most malleable. Lately I have started to experiment and work with acrylic colours and acrylic textured paints..."
Art History
Top 10 art luncheon
May 24, 2023
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14 minutes read
If you have ever woken up with a jolt in the middle of the night, remembering with great accuracy the details of the rich courses of lunch, which you have just finished dreaming about, you could decide, in addition to wanting to prepare a succulent banquet for the same day...
Art News
One of the world's largest museums goes NFT
Sep 2, 2021
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2 minutes read
Russia's Hermitage Museum will sell art in the form of non-fungible tokens. NFTs are digital objects that have a certificate of authenticity. They will include Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna Litta and works from Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet.
Lifestyle
Adrian Cheng: the visionary behind K11
Feb 5, 2024
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9 minutes read
Adrian Cheng is recognized as the visionary behind K11, an enterprise that encompasses a diverse range of commercial, cultural, and residential projects...
Art News
Revelations about Roman Abramovich's Billion-Dollar Art Collection!
Sep 27, 2023
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2 minutes read
Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova's billion-dollar hidden art collection, revealed by leaked documents, includes more than 300 masterpieces of modern art. The artworks, collected over nearly a decade, include pieces by Monet, Picasso and Freud, but their future remains uncertain due to sanctions against Abramovich.
Art History
3 ways to travel with paintings
Aug 9, 2023
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8 minutes read
We are at the beginning of August and the cities are finally emptying out, people are saying their goodbyes and postponing their talk until September...
Art History
From Da Vinci to Degas, how the vision problems of famous painters may have influenced their work
Oct 3, 2021
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4 minutes read
From 1860 to 1910 Degas' vision deteriorated, and his style gradually became harsh as his eye condition worsened. Likewise, was the genius of Leonardo da Vinci helped by a blurred vision? Recent research makes these assumptions.
Art News
Christie’s Website Down Following Cyberattack Ahead of Key Spring Auctions
May 13, 2024
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2 minutes read
Just days before its major spring auctions, Christie's auction house experienced a cyberattack that brought down its website, redirecting users to a temporary page with contact details. The incident has disrupted preparations for the auctions, including the sale of significant artworks like a Monet painting and a Basquiat piece, highlighting the increasing cyber vulnerabilities in the art market.
Art History
The dream of flying
May 4, 2022
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7 minutes read
Human beings, creatures indelibly linked to the terrestrial kingdom, have long been intrigued and inspired by the ability of birds to fly, an ability that has allowed them to enjoy both full freedom of action and movement, and the observation of new perspectives on the world. This peculiarity has made birds an extremely interesting subject also in the historical and artistic field...
Artist Portraits
Paolo Benedetti, the technique of "Contemporary Graphics".
Dec 25, 2021
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3 minutes read
Paolo Benedetti's very personal production stands out for the use of a technique, considered by many art critics to be genuinely interesting and unique, called "Contemporary Graphics", where vibrant brushstrokes create "New Visual Suggestions "...
Art History
6 Things to Know about Berthe Morisot
Sep 24, 2021
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7 minutes read
Independent and indispensable to Impressionism, Berthe Morisot is an UFO in the history of Art. Like Frida Kahlo, Niki de Saint Phalle, Artemisia Gentileschi or Suzanne Valandon, she’s a woman in a men’s world, who managed to impose herself and convert the difficulties of her existence into creative gunpowder.
Art History
How do you distinguish sunrise from sunset?
Jul 19, 2023
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8 minutes read
I begin with a question that is little exploited, overlooked, and often taken for granted, both in general terms and within the analysis of many masterpieces of art history, where the titles of the works themselves often resolve dilemmas degrees...
Art News
France buys new masterpiece for Orsay museum with LVMH gift
Jan 31, 2023
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2 minutes read
France has added Gustave Caillebotte's "Boating Party," a stunning Impressionist masterpiece, to its national collection of art treasures. The luxury goods company LVMH gave France the 43 million euros (nearly $47 million) needed to buy the painting.
Art History
The hidden secrets of large formats
Dec 27, 2021
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6 minutes read
The following selection of large-format works of art from Artmajeur's collection aims to demonstrate how the originality and independence of contemporary art has often been the result of inspiration drawn, more or less unconsciously, from the most important artistic currents in the history of art of the past...
Lifestyle
The largest private art collection in the world
Oct 3, 2023
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5 minutes read
Ezra and David Nahmad are prominent art collectors and dealers, primarily known for their extensive collection of modern and contemporary art. The Nahmad family, originally from Lebanon, has been involved in the art world for several decades and is considered one of the most influential art-dealing families.