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Claude Monet (1840-1926), The Cliff, Etretat, Sunset, 1883, French. Oil on canvas. 55.3 x 80.7 cm. Courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh (http://www.ncartmuseum.org); gift of Mr and Mrs D.H. McCollough and the North Carolina Art Society.

If the 1870s had ended badly for Claude Monet (1840-1926), the 1880s promised better. The early years of the 1870s had been happy enough: Impressionism had been born and Monet was its acknowledged leader. He, Camille, and their son Jean were living in Argenteuil. Just 20 minutes by rail from the Gare St-Lazare in Paris, the town was close enough to the stimulation of the city, yet far enough away for the tranquility of the countryside. Monet's colleagues and former fellow-students—among them Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro, Caillebotte, even Manet—visited frequently to exchange views and to paint. They left a visual record of the town recognized today as the "cradle . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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