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Later in Life, Claude Monet Obsessed Over Water Lilies. His Paintings of Them Were Some of His Greatest Masterpieces
To traditional eyes, the effect looked ungainly—“a debauch of impasto … the most disheveled and the most disorderly type of painting that one can imagine,” said the artist Frédéric Chevalier. But a ...
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
The bright and vivid colors are applied in spontaneous, animated brushstrokes, thus providing the painting with a casual touch. Out of roughly 140 snowscapes signed by Monet, The Magpie is probably ...
Italian authorities bust 'Banksy forgery ring'
Police in Italy say they have busted a major European criminal network forging and selling artworks by some of the biggest ...