People
discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were
necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary
to love. - Claude
Monet
Claude
Monet: French painter born in Paris, France, Nov. 14,
1840 and died in Giverny, Dec. 5, 1926. A founder of
the school of impressionism, he remained faithful to
its principles throughout his long and prolific career.
Monet's
motifs are usually simple: a haystack, some slender
trees, a cluster of shrubs, or a tranquil pond. But
the real subject of his paintings is light. He often
treated the same subject in a series of canvases painted
outdoors at various times of day. These series, showing
changes in the atmosphere, reveal the history of light
playing upon an object.
Monet
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