The most famous of the impressionist painters, Claude Oscar Monet, born, November 14, 1840 and died. December 5, 1926, was also the most committed to recording the effects of light and atmosphere on art work. This idea led Monet and his colleagues to develop the techniques of impressionism Monet advised his fellow painters to concentrate on the play of light and color of the objects that they had before them. The goal was to capture temporary phenomena, and this was pursued in a systematic manner, according to the laws of optics and complementary color relationships; yet the result was often a sheer celebration of painting itself, an expression of Monet's delight in the colors, textures, and shapes of the landscape.…
