FIAR: Monet and the Impressionists (art in 'Madeline')

Our row of Madeline included the study of Monet -- and so we had to seek out local paintings of his. There are three at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Two are in the room with other Impressionists, while the other is in the post modernist area (a bridge painting from when he was losing his eyesight).

We saw:

Monet's Grainstack, Sun in the Mist

The Seashore at Sainte-Adresse by Monet

The Japanese Bridge, 1923-35, by Monet

And a Van Gogh!

We read:
- Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Bjork and Lena Anderson
Such an amazing book! It's sure to inform and inspire you.
- Monet Paints a Day by Julie Dannesberg
- Claude Monet: The Painter Who Stopped Trains by PI Maltbie
- Claude Monet: Sunshine and Water Lilies by True Kelley

We painted:
Of course, after learning about a painter we needed to pull out the paints, paper and paint shirts to paint ourselves. Using painters tape and lots of colors, we made our own Japanese Bridge in Monet's style.