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1926

CLAUDE MONET

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pj,TIlTTO and

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PainHen plein

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and &zilk

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paintr Tha,"~

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Dj""f Itmg cant"

in Giurny

Lilt" Summer Il:.oysucks (d""if) (/891)

Aft<r rb,Ca,c Saint-Laz.:l.n::. iII"w mJ,uqllmt/y "mbarhd OlIotb,r

,.,-i"_ baywch, I{ou", Cntb,dral and ril<1::llurh'/i,sa' Gn-<nry_ ",d!

a painrraking tkm<al!tra';"" fba' atm"'Pb.ri, roAm" cUIi"d by cbanK" in

'b.ligb', elm modula" a nJj«' ,brougb ,11< nlti" 'Pror","

C

bud" ,\Io.,ct is the em,nl figu'" of

Iml..-cs<ionism. "Inc pion~cti ng

mOyemCnt h.d its seed in .n

enCOunter betwcen • «'en.ged cari""rur"t a nd •

10",,1 p,inter, .. the SMp of thc ".,Ir picrurc

fnmer in Le I-blTe. "Inc"" r<>ung Monet "'..,

intnJduttd to Eugt:ne Rou<~n: A""demr-

tni""d, hut One wJ.:, liL,,] to paint his he""h

scenes in the <" en air, in d.l", of pure colour

with lu(",c, dtli""te bru'~"ruLes, 1n., 'UIlUller,

Roudin ttught ,\ lonet to d",,,,· and paint <~r""dr

from n"ure, 'in thc light, within the

"mo'phere, JUSt as things. n:'. "I(J honour

R<,udin, the Iml'<essioni,tS included him in

their first P"iscmihition.

In AI..-il 1874, a gruul' of ani,tS _ all S.lon

rtiectS - mounted their show in • fonller

l"'ot(W'l'hic "U(~O. S(. lIe of the nam'" ",ad

now like a rok: uf honour: a unne, Delf~s,

,\lonel, Morisol, P"",m" Renoir and Si,iL.,..,

,\lost eriti", werC scathing .nd the tLTm

'ImpressionistS' "'.., un""ittinglr coined br

One, Louis Lero)" who rCSLHed particular

scorn fo< ,\1onct's I,"pmi"" StmriY •. T urning

the jo"e ban on Lcmr, the artistS "tJI'",d the

n.me penll.nendr,

Sic arn T r.in, LI G~ re £.oint _Loure (<<'''il) (/877)

0". of a uri" of M."t!h'. mih'''! rtIltion pictUff', 'Ha"d at JjjJmnt rim~ oftb. day.

For bi, mort "mbi,i"", rtluly" tb. urban /andJalI'" M .... " d"m Saint_UnItY.,

gam::,,! to bi, "'Io,..d Normandy. H. c .... antra"d .., lb. foU-'P"lrum .jJ<cn of

ligh" J,,"OJ.. and '''',In, building ,loud ,bap" '/):i,b curly brUJbrtruJ:~, M .... " "'/lJ a

m",Ur at adapting rtriM", trJ rho", lxn;, ligh' aif"tJ Ur'ur. and form