Manet and Monet
Do you ever mix up ____ with similar names?
____ the late 19th century, there were two French painters who had similar names: Manet and Monet.
One day, Manet heard people at an ____
They were ____ a painter.
____ thought they were talking about him.
He felt ____ but they were actually talking about Monet!
When ____ realized this, he got upset and shouted,
“Who is this Monet whose ____ sounds just like mine?”
Even today, many people still confuse ____ with Monet.
So, what are the ____ between them?
First, the focus of ____ paintings is different.
____ focused on people.
He painted ____ in everyday life.
____ example, in his painting Boating, Manet painted a man and a woman on a boat.
Unlike Manet, Monet liked to ____ landscapes and gardens.
He enjoyed watching nature in different seasons and times ____ day.
____ painted the same subject many times.
He created about 250 different paintings of water lilies for his ____ Water Lilies.
use of color
Manet and Monet also differ in their ____ of color.
Manet ____ a master in the use of black.
His painting Masked Ball at ____ Opera is a good example.
However, in Monet’s ____ black was not used.
____ brown was used instead.
Monet also used a ____ of light colors in his paintings.
You will see them if you look at paintings ____ as Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset or Waves Breaking.
The names Manet and Monet sound ____ but their painting styles are very different.
Do you see dark colors and ____ in the painting? It’s probably Manet.
Do you see light colors and gardens? It’s ____ Monet.
____ you remember these questions, you can easily tell them apart.