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Comparison Research
The following information is being
published without the images to respect the owner’s copyrights. However, all picture images listed are available on
the Internet for everyone. The title and Wildenstein catalogue number is referenced. Please use your favorite search engine.
The italics are review comments by Janet G. Smith. W 890, The Corniche de Monaco, 1884, These seven examples show the execution
of the people in the pictures similar to the image of the man fishing in this study. The results of each picture by digital
photograph enlarged similar to “Man Fishing” would be of great interest for research. W 158, The highlight on the back of the
laddered chair is the same color and type of stroke used on the shoreline in the study “Man Fishing”. The trees are similar in the study
“Man Fishing” in shape and form. W 621, The Cliffs of Petites-Dalles, 1880, W 817, Etretat, Sunset, 1883, W 390, The Studio Boat, 1876, Barnes Foundation, W 274, Poppies, Near
This
website shows the color vision of Monet. webexhibits.org/colorart/monet2 Under
this website vision photography the Poppies disappear, same as the man fishing in the X-ray and UV photograph. Man Fishing Comparisons to Authenticated/Confirmed Artwork by Claude Monet |
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The
research notes are those of Janet G. Smith, who has viewed 137 paintings by Claude Monet. (A listing is available.) Words
typed in italics are comments of Janet G. Smith and not the authors of the cited text. James A. Ganz and Richard
Kendall, The Unknown Monet, This study information
is important during the year 1883 Monet was studying water, fishermen, etc. This is the same year the study “Man Fishing”
was created.
The following research is
based upon the book Monet Nature into Art, written by John House, published
in 1986 by Yale University Press, Chapter 4, Page 63 - Priming
or ground color 1. “our identification
of this color may be affected by the colours of the surrounding paint.” This study’s
ground color appears a light white beige. The color of the ground changed with the age. The ground color of the man fishing
study is consistent with a date of 1883. The green in the trees affect the perception of the ground color. Chapter 4, Page 64 - 1800
light brown ground 2. “The light brown
ground under many paintings about 1880 must have been a deliberate experiment.” The ground tone is
affected by the surrounding colors in “Man Fishing”. Chapter 4, Page 65 - 1880s
Monet used toned priming 3. “His white or light-toned
priming played an important part in the execution of his paintings even when the ground is scarcely seen in the final state
of a picture, for it gave his a light based to which he could compare and relate the tones and coulours of his paintings as
he worked them up. As he told Trevise, the canvas-ground served ‘to establish my scale of values.” The priming in “Man
Fishing” established a soft luminous under painting supporting the paint layers, which set off the light sky, the
water and darker trees. The forensic research x-ray shows the ground stroke in the upper part. Chapter 4, Page 66 - Monet’s
first stage 4. 1888 E. M. Rashdall-describes
Monet’s first stage as: “A system of laying
in a picture is to cover the canvas with combinations of slashed of comparatively unmixed color.” This is evident
in the “man fishing” study in the trees with a slashing type brush stroke. Chapter 4, page 66 - Monet's
Golden Rule 5. “The one golden
rule from which Claude Monet never departs, is to work on the whole picture together, to work all over or not all.”
This is evident in
the vertical strokes-dashes of the water. The water in the study not only shimmers, but appears to be flowing gently and calmly.
The brush stroke is varied for the different elements painted, but the study was worked all over. This small study when viewed
from a distance, as represented on the "Home page" exhibits the whole picture with no one element dominating
the landscape. Chapter 4, Page 66 - Preliminary
drawing 6. “Preliminary drawing
on his canvases played no great part in Monet’s work.” This study was reviewed by forensic imaging technology. No drawing is evident. Drawing would not be
expected in a study. Chapter 4, Page 66 - First
layer of paint 7. “The first layer
of paint varied according to the textures Monet was trying to suggest. It established in a simple form the tonal structure
of the scene, with muted suggestions of its colour relations.” The study has varied
textures in the simplest form: mountain and sky. The water and trees are more worked over. Chapter 4, Page 66 - Composition 8. A good example is Monet’s
1894 composition- The "Monet has indicated
the composition structure of the trees and hills reflected in the river, and has established a tonal contract between the
trees on the left and the far bank, but the paint areas are left falt and unaccented, with sky and water scantily covered;
a few gestures of the brush begin to model the far bank of trees and hill." This composition is
similar to the study because of the structures of the trees and hills. The tonal contrast with the trees on the left
and far bank similar to the Man Fishing study. In the study, the mountain
and sky are left flat and unaccented. The artist study was focusing on the water and the movement of the water. Chapter 10, Page 169 - Mountains 9. In Monet’s This is the
same tone and the same brush stroke as the mountain in the study-man fishing. Notes and comparisons
researched, compiled & written by: Janet G. Smith, ISA Member of the International
Society of Appraisers Contact: kshfineart@yahoo.com
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