Claude Monet
- 1840–1926
- 19th century
- France
- Impressionism
Monet chases light and atmosphere over outline — soft, dissolving brushstrokes and shimmering colour. Edges blur and hues bleed together. Common subjects: water lilies, haystacks, the Seine, Rouen Cathedral.
Claude Monet (1840–1926) was a painter from France, associated with Impressionism.
A 19th-century revolution that chased fleeting light and atmosphere with loose, visible, broken brushwork. Impressionism →
More Impressionism painters: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Camille Pissarro.
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