Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) was a master French painter & founder of the impressionist art movement. Incredibly beautiful nature & landscape art. The term ‘impressionism‘ is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant, exhibited in 1874. Monet’s genius & ambition to document the French countryside led to a method of painting the same scene many times so as to capture the changing of light & the passing of the seasons. He made light the central focus of his paintings. To capture its variations, he would sometimes complete a painting spontaneously in one sitting, often without preparation. He wished to demonstrate how light altered colour & perception of our reality. Depictions of the water lilies with alternating light & mirror-like reflections became an integral part of his awe-inspiring art. His free flowing style & unbelievable use of colour have been described as ethereal. Extraordinary.
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