Monet, Claude

A French impressionist ( see impressionism ) painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is known for his feathery brushstrokes and for the play of light in his paintings. His painting Impression, Sunrise gave the name to the impressionist movement.

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Impressionism has served its purpose; it was too personal in the case of Claude Monet to be successfully practised by every one.

But who is going to paint men as Claude Monet painted landscapes?

To Claude Monet, the founder of this new school of Impressionism, nothing mattered in a picture but the atmosphere.

What could the critic do with Claude Monet thirty-five years ago?

One hopes sometimes to hear a word of intimate association from Monet—but in vain; Claude Monet is only an eye.

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