- The founder of [[Impressionism]] Monet aimed to paint scenes of nature as he perceived it. - Although it's unclear. whether his eyesight affected his paintings it is not hard to imagine that it might have played a role in his shift to more abstract paintings. He once wrote to his friend “My poor eyesight makes me see everything in a complete fog. It’s very beautiful all the same.” - Quite unlike painters before him, Monet also preferred to paint at the scene rather than in a studio in front of a canvas. - Monet focused a lot on light and how different lighting changed the way an object was perceived particularly during different times in the day and in the outdoors. - He is most famous are his haystack paintings and his series of water Lilly paintings. ![[Water Lilies and Reflections of a Willow.png]]