Talk:Claude Monet

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Contents 1 2005 2 Monet in Asia? 3 Merge Alice Hoschedé article 4 Mother 5 Cataracts 6 Eidetic memory 7 Cultural depictions of Claude Monet 8 Grainstacks 9 The beginnings of the term "impressionism" 10 Anonymous comment about 1871

[edit] 2005

This article needs a lot of work. I deleted something about his best paintings being of his garden because they had a lot of colors in them. Quantity does not equal quality. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Conversion script (talk • contribs) 25 February 2002.

I gave the article a once-over. More info could be added from the references cited. --sparkit 07:14, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Monet in Asia?

From what I understood he lived in Japan for a while, didnt he?

Antonio Monet (and Manet's) Lover Martin 4 Feb. 2005

He didn't live in Japan, but studied some Japanese art. --sparkit 07:14, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

and collected Japanese art too. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ariele (talk • contribs) 02:49, 16 November 2005 UTC.

70.242.157.149 07:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC) Should we include anything about Masashi Kishimoto? He was a fan of Monet.

[edit] Merge Alice Hoschedé article

Does simply being the spouse of a notable person honestly make you notable?

I think the Alice Hoschedé article should be deleted or merged to the this article at a minimmum.

James084 20:41, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

• Unless she was notable in her own right or had such a big impact on his work that she merits her own article, I would vote for merge. --Etacar11 20:43, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Alice Hoschedé redirected to Claude Monet. All material was already present in the Monet article. SilkTork 20:55, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mother

I reverted an edit by a vandal, the text of which was "His mother died in 1857, when he was only 17." If this can be verified it should be restored. Hu 21:59, 15 February 2006 (UTC) CLAUDE MONET WAS THE BEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME!

No it is right... his mother died when he was 16. See my revision. Source: Monet the Ultimate Impressionist (Sylvie Patin, Abrams Discoveries Series).

I don't know but I believe that the line in the biography that says "On 1 April 1885 Monet entered the Le Havre secondary school." may be wrong? It's the date I'm unsure about because 1885 would be much too late. I don't know the correct date so I can't change it myself.

My error (I think). The date should read: On 1 April 1851, per the Abrams reference above. Sorry about that.

• No problem, I fixed it. Thanks for the info! --Etacar11 02:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

• true he won the sweepstakes?

[edit] Cataracts

It is interesting to note that the paintings done while the cataracts affected his vision have a general reddish tone, which is characteristic of the vision of cataract victims

If he saw everything reddish, he would see his painting reddish, so his painting would seem normal to people without cataracts. If this is a real case, it should be rephrased.

The ultraviolet thing seems slightly plausible though. He'd say UV colors and try to approximate them with his paints, but to healthy eyes, the UV component of the pigment is lost and we only see reddish.

[edit] Eidetic memory

He is cited as having eidetic memory.

[edit] Cultural depictions of Claude Monet

I've started an approach that may apply to Wikipedia's Core Biography articles: creating a branching list page based on in popular culture information. I started that last year while I raised Joan of Arc to featured article when I created Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, which has become a featured list. Recently I also created Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great out of material that had been deleted from the biography article. Since cultural references sometimes get deleted without discussion, I'd like to suggest this as a model for the editors here. Regards, Durova 15:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grainstacks

The proper term is 'grainstacks' not 'haystacks'. 216.91.240.14 17:12, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The beginnings of the term "impressionism"

I believe the term "impressionism" was coined pejoratively by a french critic, rather than deriving from "impression, sunrise." I could be mistaken. I'll return soon with the research

[edit] Anonymous comment about 1871

According to the Sotheby's text on the Monet in my family's collection, Monet was in Holland in 1871 and not England. In fact he left France in September 1870, with the painter Daubigny, and arrived in Zaandam, Holland. I have not edited the above because it is not my own knowledge but you may make of it what you will that the painting of which I speak was painted in Zaandam in 1877. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.112.141.17 (talk • contribs) 20 November 2006.