ARHS 3600 Study Guide - Final Guide: John Wesley Powell, Birds Eye View, William Merritt Chase
Document Summary
Went to giverny to paint the water lilies that made him so famous. The garden now named monet"s garden at giverny was exactly where his subject was and where he painted this series: created a sort of colony of french impressionism. First americans to arrive to the colonies did so in 1887: art students studying art in the academies, most from boston. Settled into giverny in 1888: spent most of his time there except returned to ny for the winter. La vachere, 1888: first painting he did, big brush strokes, unlike french impressionism it"s drawn very well. He has been trained and taught so well he can"t give up this aspect of his work ethic. Bird"s eye view: giverny, 1889: uses the color pallet of the impressionists. 1888-1892 series of landscapes: always painted scenes of working life, gathering plums, 1891, la debacle, 1892. Title title of the latest novel by french writer emile.
