Through my exploration of Claude Monet's "Charing Cross Bridge," I learned that although my perception of the painting was shaped by my prior knowledge of the Impressionist movement, our concluding interpretations of art can never be absolute. The painter of my piece, Monet, was the known as the founder of the Impressionist Movement in art. Artists of this movement began to question how they ... to painting, using broken brush strokes, and emphasizing on aspects such as lighting, angle, and open composition. Although my research on the Impressionism art movement came after my observation of Mo...

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... same way I have always done since the museum got the painting. I sat on the bench and absorb the beauty of the painting. Claude Monet's "Champ d"Avoine" is in it's own exhibit. It was finished in 1890 by Monet and is now on display as a permanent feature in the Harn. It is a jubilee of subdued color. The blue, green, yellow, pink, and salmon mix ... a bench in front of it so that you can sit down and ponder the meaning, or maybe just stare. I choose two very different paintings for some very different reasons. The Monet has been a favorite of mine since it first came to our little museu...

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