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1. Claude Monet

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   Legacy and Artistic Reception
   Monet's influence on subsequent art movements is profound. While his direct adherents continued the Impressionist style, his late works, characterized by thickly layered paint and a dissolution of distinct form, presaged aspects of Abstract Expressionism. His relentless pursuit of optical truth through direct observation validated the subjective experience as a legitimate artistic subject, paving the way for twentieth-century modernism.
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