Although the Academy and other high profile critics denounced their work at the time, the public began to accept and enjoy the paintings as time passed.
The jury of the Academy rejected the works of these now highly respected Impressionist artists, so Monet and several other artists set up their own society, called the Cooperative Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers. Here they exhibited freely and independently of the Académie des Beaux-Art. Although the Academy and other high profile critics denounced their work at the time, the public began to accept and enjoy the paintings as time passed.