Claude Monet's painting of woman with a white parasol and a child standing in a sunlit field
Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son (detail), 1875, Claude Monet. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Claude Monet's sunrise over a misty harbor rendered in soft blues and oranges
Impression, Sunrise, 1872, Claude Monet. Courtesy of Musée Marmottan, Paris.
Claude Monet's large-scale panoramic water lily paintings installed in a MoMa
Water Lilies, 1914–1926, Claude Monet. Installation view, courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art.
Claude Monet's water lilies floating on the surface of a still pond upclose
Nymphéas, c. 1897–1898, Claude Monet. Courtesy of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Claude Monet standing with his palette in front of a large canvas of water lilies
Claude Monet with his palette in front of his work Les Nymphéas, c. 1920s. Photo attributed to Henri Manuel.
Category First Name Basis
FocusClaude Monet
Period/MovementImpressionism
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Claude Monet: Light, Water & the Eye of Impressionism

He captured more than nature. He captured time itself. Sunrises. Sunsets. Lilies in bloom. Each moment anchored in paint. With every feathered brushstroke, Monet reshaped how we see the world.

He didn’t just chase light. He caught it.