Why was Claude Monet so important in the history of art?

Answer 1

He always used strong colors.

Answer 2:

Many artists use strong colors, this does not make Monet special.

His importance is that he started Impressionism.

The impressionist style of painting is characterized chiefly by concentration on the general impression produced by a scene or object and the use of unmixed primary colors and small brush strokes to simulate actual reflected light.

Answer 2

Monet, Claude (klōd mônā') [key], 1840-1926, French landscape painter, b. Paris. Monet was a founder of impressionism. He adhered to its principles throughout his long career and is considered the most consistently representative painter of the school as well as one of the foremost painters of landscape in the history of art.

Answer 3

As the most important of the Impressionists, and the one whose picture 'Impression - sunrise' gave the movement its name

Answer 4

That he started a new style of painting, Impressionism, which has become the favorite style of lots of people in our days.

Answer 5

Claude Monet is great is an opinion, but most people can agree, he was a French impressionist, and he influenced art, so it wasn't just all dark and dull.

Answer 6

He was an advocate for the Impressionism style of art.

Answer 7

He was the first to apply theories of Impressionism.

Answer 8

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