Claude Monet | Haystacks | I Covoni
Monet’s reputation faded after his death but within 25 years had rebounded spectacularly. He came to be celebrated as a leading precursor of abstraction, series painting and not least immersive art, all of which play so large a role in contemporary art today
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In their effort to picture modernity, Impressionists painted all the new daytime activities of Paris: from walking the freshly laid promenades to peering through the industrialised glass panes of shops. But they also began to paint the nightlife: the absinthe drinker; the lady of the night; the theatre; the bar girl; the singer. The Impressionists... See more