Claude Monet
Claude Monet’s painting, On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago in the second level of the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism gallery. ... I saw many interesting paintings like; Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte, Georges Seurat’s, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte-1884, and Vincent van Gogh’s, Self Portrait, but the piece that caught my attention the most was Claude Monet’s, On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt. ... Claude Monet’s picture captures a familiar scene that I experienced when I went there. ... Whenever I look at Claude Monet’s picture, it brings joy to my face even though I had a life-threatening experience in Guanajuato, Mexico. In the picture, Claude Monet used an outdoor scene of everyday middle-class life in the countryside of France. ... By using such bold, bright colors, such as blue, green and yellow, Monet clearly depicted the spotted patterns of light and shade on the seated figure and boat, the strong sunlight coming from the visible village, and the reflections of the calm river. From previously studying Monet in high school, I know that the woman sitting near the river is Camille Doncieux, initially Claude Monet’s model, then mistress, and then his wife. Monet painted Camille enjoying a wonderful day, looking across the river from the town of Bennecourt.