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MONET, Claude: Yacht, Effect of Evening

🖼 Yacht, Effect of Evening, 1885
Oil on canvas
54 × 65 cm
Paris, France

Golden light dissolves a solitary yacht into shimmering water, rendered through loose brushstrokes that capture fleeting atmospheric effects. Monet's study demonstrates Impressionism's revolutionary focus on light and perception over precise form, influencing modern art's embrace of subjective vision.

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