Impressionism
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Claude Monet *XI 14 1840 — The Life You Give
Oscar-Claude Monet, born November 14, 1840, in Paris, France, is the painter who became the initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of the Impressionist style. In his mature works, Monet developed his method of producing repeated studies of the same motif in series, changing canvases with the light or as his interest shifted. These series were…
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Édouard Manet *I 23 1832 — The Life you Give
Edouard Manet’s last major work was the Bar at the Folies Bergere, exhibited at the Salon in 1882 (the year before Manet’s death). Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass (Dejuner sur l’herbe) was shown at the Salon de Refuses in 1863. Like Olympia, shown two years later, it was roundly rejected by art critics and the…
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