I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat… I want to paint the air that surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat – the beauty of the air in which these objects are located.
— Claude Monet Modern

Impressionism founder

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Undated, expressing his ambition to capture atmosphere and light.

Date / Period

Undated, approximate late 19th/early 20th century

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Philosophical

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