"The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration."
Oscar-Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the term “Impressionism” is derived from the title of his painting Impression, “Soleil Levant” or “Impression, Sunrise,” which was exhibited in 1874.
Monet adopted a method of painting in which he painted the same scene many times to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons.
"Impression - Sunrise" (1872)
"Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond" (1920)
"Camille Monet on a Garden Bench" (1847-1879)
"Garden at Sainte-Adresse" (1867)