The French painter who exhibited little in his lifetime and pursued
his interests increasingly in artistic isolation, is regarded today
as one of the great forerunners of modern painting.
Initially planned a career as a lawyer. However, he began to paint
after an acute attack of appendicitis and then proceeded to become
a leader in many art circles.
This English painter was one of the greatest romantic interpreters
of nature in the history of Western art and is still unrivaled in
the virtuosity of his painting of light.
Tried to capture informally the effects of changing light and the
patterns of clouds moving across the country sky. He loved the
countryside, and his best work was of outdoor scenes in his native
Suffolk and his London home in Hampstead.
Monet's concern was to reflect the influence of light on a subject.
He never abandoned his Impressionist painting style until his death
in 1926 when Fauvism and Cubism were en vogue and when abstract
painting came into existence.