Monet Letter to Morisot Magnetic Cover Notebook

Monet Letter to Morisot Magnetic Cover Notebook

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  • Claude Monet (1840-1926) was among the group of artists who gave birth to the influential Impressionist art movement. In fact, the name of the movement comes from the title of Monet's oil painting, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise). When an unimpressed critic attended an art exhibition in 1874 featuring the subversive art of Monet and his friends, the critic coined the term and used it as a reference to Monet's painting style. Of course, those rogue artists were more than happy to adopt it as the name of their own movement.

    The term "Impressionism" reflects these artists' focus on the effect of light on colors and the fleeting nature of the images surrounding us. Monet was particularly keen on capturing and conveying this on canvas. After purchasing a property in the town of Giverny, just outside of Paris, Monet blended his art with his other passion: botany.

    His new property featured a magnificent garden, and Monet began to paint in this natural setting. In the mid-19th century, at a time when few artists could imagine painting outside of a studio space, his "en plein air" style marked him as a rebel. Given the hundreds of works Monet composed in his Japanese garden in Giverny, it remains one of the most captured outdoor spaces in contemporary art.

    The pond in his garden soon became the subject of a Monet painting, thus beginning the famous cycle of lily paintings that would continue until his final days. A reproduction of one of these paintings provides the background for this cover, which also includes a handwritten letter addressed to Monet's impressionist colleague, Berthe Morisot.

    In his quest to convey the instantaneous mood of a scene, Monet used a technique where irregular brushstrokes diminish the outlines of objects. On this cover, darker blue creates a dramatic contrast with the bright spots of the lilies. While most of the lily paintings exude serenity, here we see an example of a more vibrant, emotional interplay of color.

    Today, many painted versions of Claude Monet's water lilies are among the most celebrated and reproduced nature studies.

  • Page Type Acid-free paper (fountain pen friendly)
    Back Cover Accordion storage pouch

    Notebook Sizes/Page Count/

    Paper Weight

    Mini: 10x14cm / 176 pages / 85gsm

    Midi: 13x18cm / 144 pages / 120gsm

    Ultra: 18x23cm / 144 pages / 120gsm

    Grande: 21x30cm / 128 pages / 120 gsm
    Cover Type Hardcover Embossed Notebook / Magnetic Closure
    Origin Canada

  • Paperblanks is a Canadian manufacturer that produces quality notebooks that are not only attractive but also extremely well-structured, bound using traditional techniques; the bindings are not glued (a binding technique that is economical for the manufacturer but eventually leads to page loss) but are instead all sewn.

    All Paperblanks notebooks are bound using two methods. They are either hand-sewn using 'Coptic' binding, which dates back to 4th-century Egypt, or they use Smyth sewn, the most durable binding technique, which allows the notebook to open flat without page loss.

    All Paperblanks notebooks use acid-free, archival-quality, high-opacity laid writing paper. Their notebooks also include a ribbon page marker and an interior storage pouch inside the back cover for your notes.

     

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    • Claude Monet (1840-1926) was among the group of artists who gave birth to the influential Impressionist art movement. In fact, the name of the movement comes from the title of Monet's oil painting, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise). When an unimpressed critic attended an art exhibition in 1874 featuring the subversive art of Monet and his friends, the critic coined the term and used it as a reference to Monet's painting style. Of course, those rogue artists were more than happy to adopt it as the name of their own movement.

      The term "Impressionism" reflects these artists' focus on the effect of light on colors and the fleeting nature of the images surrounding us. Monet was particularly keen on capturing and conveying this on canvas. After purchasing a property in the town of Giverny, just outside of Paris, Monet blended his art with his other passion: botany.

      His new property featured a magnificent garden, and Monet began to paint in this natural setting. In the mid-19th century, at a time when few artists could imagine painting outside of a studio space, his "en plein air" style marked him as a rebel. Given the hundreds of works Monet composed in his Japanese garden in Giverny, it remains one of the most captured outdoor spaces in contemporary art.

      The pond in his garden soon became the subject of a Monet painting, thus beginning the famous cycle of lily paintings that would continue until his final days. A reproduction of one of these paintings provides the background for this cover, which also includes a handwritten letter addressed to Monet's impressionist colleague, Berthe Morisot.

      In his quest to convey the instantaneous mood of a scene, Monet used a technique where irregular brushstrokes diminish the outlines of objects. On this cover, darker blue creates a dramatic contrast with the bright spots of the lilies. While most of the lily paintings exude serenity, here we see an example of a more vibrant, emotional interplay of color.

      Today, many painted versions of Claude Monet's water lilies are among the most celebrated and reproduced nature studies.

    • Page Type Acid-free paper (fountain pen friendly)
      Back Cover Accordion storage pouch

      Notebook Sizes/Page Count/

      Paper Weight

      Mini: 10x14cm / 176 pages / 85gsm

      Midi: 13x18cm / 144 pages / 120gsm

      Ultra: 18x23cm / 144 pages / 120gsm

      Grande: 21x30cm / 128 pages / 120 gsm
      Cover Type Hardcover Embossed Notebook / Magnetic Closure
      Origin Canada

    • Paperblanks is a Canadian manufacturer that produces quality notebooks that are not only attractive but also extremely well-structured, bound using traditional techniques; the bindings are not glued (a binding technique that is economical for the manufacturer but eventually leads to page loss) but are instead all sewn.

      All Paperblanks notebooks are bound using two methods. They are either hand-sewn using 'Coptic' binding, which dates back to 4th-century Egypt, or they use Smyth sewn, the most durable binding technique, which allows the notebook to open flat without page loss.

      All Paperblanks notebooks use acid-free, archival-quality, high-opacity laid writing paper. Their notebooks also include a ribbon page marker and an interior storage pouch inside the back cover for your notes.

       

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