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Monet

[moh-ney, maw-ne]

noun

  1. Claude 1840–1926, French painter.



Monet

/ mɔnɛ /

noun

  1. Claude (klod). 1840–1926, French landscape painter; the leading exponent of impressionism. His interest in the effect of light on colour led him to paint series of pictures of the same subject at different times of day. These include Haystacks (1889–93), Rouen Cathedral (1892–94), the Thames (1899–1904), and Water Lilies (1899–1906)

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After moving to Paris in 1855, Pissarro took a few private art lessons, then enrolled in an independent drawing school, where he met Monet, among others.

According to the gallery, Riley's inspiration for the exhibition title came from a letter from Claude Monet to fellow French painter Eugène Boudin.

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Today AI-generated “performers” such as Breaking Rust and Xania Monet, which hit the Billboard R&B charts, are suggesting you don’t even need to be human to fit into those genres.

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Painting was always ahead of writing in its newness: Monet, Pissarro, Seurat and others stepped out of the 19th century well before it ended.

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