Monet is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Impressionism.
Monet is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Impressionism. Monet loved to paint in the open air and capture in his paintings the natural light. Figures we replaced by light and atmosphere as subjects of Monet's paintings. He was not interested in conforming to the notions of conventional art that he went on to defy them by experimenting with art. Bold colors and unusual compositions were all present in Monet's paintings. He used broader fields of color and smaller stroke of paint and worked with complementary and contrasting hues. As a landscape artist, Monet was heavily influenced by John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner, both landscape painters and this furthered Monet's interest in landscape painting. Water lilies, Impression, Rouen Cathedral series, The Haystacks, Woman in the green dress, are some of his notable works.