Monet Weeping Willow

SPELL THE ARTIST AND PAINTING CORRECTLY

(a)  

When was Weeping Willow painted?

• 1910-1919

• 1920-1929

• 1930-1939

• 1940-1949

Where did Claude Monet paint Weeping Willow?

• Giverny

• London

• Paris

• New York

Answer explanation

Monet’s beautiful garden

Which art movement did Claude Monet help to popularize?

• Abstract Expressionism

• Surrealism

• Impressionism

• Cubism

Answer explanation

If you stand back and look at the painting from afar, you can clearly distinguish

the writhing form of the tree. But as you get closer, the forms start to disintegrate

into sporadic strokes of green, yellow, blue, and red. We’re no longer entirely sure

what we’re seeing.

It's not abstract because you can easily tell what it is...

What was Claude Monet fascinated by in his paintings?

• Subject matter

• Light

• Texture

• Color

Answer explanation

He would often paint the same subject over and over at different times of day in an

attempt to capture the changing effects of light on one unchanging scene.

Sometimes he’d set up several canvases next to each other and switch from one to

the next as the light changed throughout the day.

IMPRESSIVE!

Which artist was influenced by Claude Monet's techniques in Weeping Willow?

• Pablo Picasso

• Salvador Dali

• Claude Monet

• Jackson Pollock

What personal tragedies did Monet experience during the time he painted "Weeping Willow"?

   

• a) Loss of his wife and son

    

•  b) Loss of his eyesight

    

•  c) Witnessing the destruction of World War I

    

•  d) All of the above

Answer explanation

Losing his eyesight contributed to the Impressionistic style he made popular.

Maybe this is how he really "saw" the tree...