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- Claude Monet
- A Seascape, Shipping by Moonlight
- about 1864
- NG 2399
- On Display
- Claude Monet
- Boats in a Harbour
- about 1873
- NG 2423
- On Display
- Claude Monet
- The Church at Vétheuil
- Dated 1878
- NG 2385
- On Display
- Claude Monet
- Poplars on the Epte
- 1891
- NG 1651
- On Display
- Claude Monet
- Haystacks: Snow Effect
- 1891
- NG 2283
Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926)
Monet is the most famous of the Impressionist artists. His painting 'Impression, Sunrise', shown in Paris in 1874, prompted critics to label him and fellow exhibitors as 'Impressionists'. Monet had moved to Paris from Le Havre, Normandy, where, inspired by Boudin, he painted landscapes in the open air. Encouraged by friends he met in Paris, including Pissarro and Renoir, he continued throughout his long and prolific life to capture in his paintings through the vivid use of colour changing light effects. He was to refine this interest through his 'series' pictures, exploring the same subject at different times of day and year.
