Claude Monet (1840-1928)
Claude Monet was a leader of the Impressionists—and in fact, the movement was named after one of his paintings, called Impression: Sunrise.

Monet took his paints and canvases into the field to paint directly from nature. He wanted to capture the momentary effects of color and light in his paintings. He created several series of paintings, in which he painted the same subject (a cathedral, haystacks, etc.) many times to capture the effects of sunlight and the seasons.

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