George Hendrik Breitner vs. Claude Monet
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
George Hendrik Breitner
1857 – 1923
George Hendrik Breitner was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He painted en plein air, and became interested in photography as a means of documenting street life and atmospheric effects – rainy weather in particular – as reference materials for his paintings.
"After viewing a few paintings and a drawing that I had brought in the day before yesterday, Mr. v.d. Kellen assured me that there was absolutely no chance of pl…"
Claude Monet
1840 – 1926
Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of Impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise, which was exhibited in 1874 at the First Impressionist Exhibition, initiated by Monet and a number of like-minded artists as an alternative to the Salon.
"'..learn to draw: that's where most of you are falling down today.. ..draw with all your might; you can never learn too much. However, don’t neglect painting, g…"