Claude Monet’s Great Paintings, 10 Art Pieces to Inspire You
Inspiration with French Impressionism
3 min readOct 1, 2022
Claude Monet was the founder of the French Impressionist art style.
"When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a field, or whatever." — Claude Monet.
His artistic production is strongly influenced by nature. Monet, like many other Impressionists, took the environment around him as a reference for his paintings.
Claude Monet got fame for being the leader, and advocate of the Impressionist style.
He did not try to reproduce a scene in detail but to paint the impression that a relaxed, vision of the scene gave him.
1. Lilacs in the Sun, 1872.
Oscar-Claude Monet.
Born. 14 November 1840, Paris, France.
Died. 5 December 1926 (aged 86), Giverny, France.
Nationality. French.
Education. Académie Suisse, Beaux-Arts de Paris
