White is good for reflecting the light back on to the canvas. Lots of artists wear black while working so there is no reflection. He was so interested in light. 🥰
So fortunate to have this film footage..Perhaps Mr. Monet requested the photographer not to film his artwork "in progress" directly...who knows...but, Thank you for sharing...
What an amazing and joyful thing to see this gifted artist (my favorite) at work!!! Thank you!! When my husband and I were in Paris in 1991, we saw Monet’s huge water lilies paintings in l’Orangerie. What an experience that was. Unforgettable. 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️💥
Monet is a very great painter, and I do not just mean the big water lilies! His ability to "compose" was unequaled. And he captured actual painterly light better than has ever been done by others. I like looking to his lesser known paintings to appreciate his genius.
Maybe voice track Bob Ross over the painting scene. As old as this maybe - it was restored wonderfully. I wish only they would had showed the painting.
It's because his canvas, 2 metres in size, was too large to be able to see the subject over it. So he had to place it at a right angle and gaze sideways.
As an artist I find that if I am working on a piece where I am attempting to EXACTLY duplicate the subject matter (in a realistic manner) then I want minimal time between seeing the object and applying the pigment in order to capture the accuracy (quick furtive glances back and forth), but if I am working more loosely and abstract (or impressionistic in his case) then simply referring back to the subject for hints of color or motion or form (as he does here) allows my own version of the subject to be more prevalent. I cannot speak for his reasoning, and maybe it is purely as Dugald stated about the big canvas, but this is common to many artists. Amazing footage! And beautiful music.
Does anyone know the name of the background music. RU-vid in their infinite wisdom gave the name of the performing artist but neglected to name the composition. Thank you ever so much.
Chopin - Pianoconcerto no.2, 2nd part (Romance:Larghetto). I'd also recommend: Chopin - Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, Mov. 2. - May be even more beautiful...
Monet was painting in the garden of his house, in Giverny north west of Paris. You can still visit the house and gardens, kept as they were when he lived there. Monet is buried in the church cemetery just down the road from the house.
He mainly just painted a bunch of water lily paintings at this house location, seeing them as an 'abstract' type of subject & you can faintly see the shape of large lilies in the center. He said the subject does not matter. He was concerned with the lighting. (I personally wish he had not believed that, & had painted more subjects. With his great painting skill, I would have loved to see it applied more vastly).
