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MONET, Claude: The Boats

🖼 The Boats, 1869
Oil on canvas
33 × 46 cm
Hamburg, Germany

Shimmering water reflects fragmented boats in soft, broken brushstrokes, capturing fleeting light and atmospheric effects. This exemplifies Impressionism's revolutionary focus on perception and color over detailed realism, emphasizing momentary visual impressions.

Monet. the Triumph of Impressionism
Monet. the Triumph of Impressionism
Daniel Wildenstein
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