Claude Monet

Claude Monet – Father of Impressionism and Its Most Devoted Follower

Looking at his paintings, it's hard to imagine that the artist endured many hardships and spent half his life in poverty, as nearly all his works are filled with light and joy.

In this lecture, we will discuss how Monet transformed the interplay of light and color into art, analyze his major works, and explore the emergence of Impressionism and the developments in French art during the second half of the 19th century.