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Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it. It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. Claude Monet (2014).
Guided by an intense interest in the natural world, Claude Monet created works that reflected the magical nuances and subtleties he observed in vast seascapes, quiet lily ponds, and other...
16 wrz 2023 · The revolutionary painter who gave us Impressionism transformed the art world forever. But what, asks the author of Monet’s first English-language biography, about his inner life?
the more I live, the more I regret how little i know. The point is to know how to use the colours, the choice of which is, when all's said and done, a matter of habit. If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain. Pictures aren't made out of doctrines.
Monet’s prophetic eye scans the future and guides our visual evolution, rendering our perceptions of the universe more penetrating and subtle than before. Monet said about himself that his ambition was to paint “directly from nature, seeking to convey my impressions of her most elusive effects.”
17 mar 2024 · Monet’s legacy is still relevant today, with his paintings still attracting much attention and admiration worldwide. His iconic paintings, such as “Water Lilies” and “Impression, Sunrise,” remain emblematic of his innovative style and vision.
8 kwi 2024 · Monet was a firm believer that art should be vital, immediate and directly inspired by nature — which meant the radical step of painting outdoors — en plein air — rather than in a studio. This would become a key tenet of Impressionism (made possible by the invention in 1841 of readymade oil paint in portable, metal tubes).
