"Sunrise-Impression"

Mid-term: (1870—1899), with typical impressionist characteristics, using less black and replacing it with purple

At this time, Monet had begun to form a certain system of impression style, and his expression of the instantaneous sense of light and shadow had his unique and bold side. The expression on the shadow replaced the early boring black cyan with pure cyan. Taking his fame as an example, when Monet was creating the painting "Sunrise? Impressions", he had completely forgotten the traditional painting rules, and some only used his eyes to see the strong feelings expressed by the misty light and shadow, blue and purple. The shadow of the sailing boat, the warm yellow sun, the light green water, the blurred image of the water, the color of the water and the sky, all of which are painted freely with free and eclectic brushwork, and the state of the depiction seems to be Out of instinct, the momentary impression of light and shadow jumped in people's minds.

"Water Lilies"

Late period: (1900-1926). During this period, Monet created a large number of paintings of "Water Lilies" with water lilies in his garden pond as the subject. The size is huge, mostly about two meters in width. Come to taste his works again at this time. In fact, it is not difficult to see that bright colors and freehand style are the biggest characteristics of this period. No matter how Monet changed his tactics, his impression of the moment of light and shadow remained the same. Saturated blue-purple expresses the midsummer night, the light from the bright moon faintly shines on the water lilies in the pond, and the river surface is shining. Even the shadows of the weeping willows can feel the life-filled green of the leaves. It may be due to eye problems. At this time, what Monet saw was basically vague. He was actually painting with the impression of the beautiful scenery in his mind.