Claude Monet
Oscar Claude Monet (November 14, 1840- December 5, 1926) also known as Claude Monet is a famous french painter known for his landscape paintings. In 1874 a painting critic surveied his painting The Impression, Sunrise and insulted it, he said it was more like a sketch than a finished painting. Monet fell into deep deprestion after his wife died in 1887 shortly after his second son, Michel was born. His depresion kick started a seris of sullen paintings known as the Ice Drift seris. Monet lived his life in poverty and depresion until he died in 1926.
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My view of Claude Monet's paintings
I think Claude Monet's paintings are beautiful in the least. His short strokes capture the life he paints instantly. Shunning the normal painting techniques gives him just that much more originality to his lovly work. The bold colors he uses pops out and grabs your attention almost imediatly. I love his work and hope to be more like him, as a painter, someday.