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1. Claude Monet

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   Born Oscar-Claude Monet in Paris, he spent much of his youth in Le Havre. His initial artistic training involved producing caricatures, a practice that instilled an early appreciation for rapid execution and exaggerated form. A pivotal early influence was the landscape painter Eugène Boudin, who persuaded Monet to abandon caricature and focus on plein air painting—the practice of working outdoors directly before the subject. Boudin famously argued that the atmosphere over the English Channel possessed a unique, slightly melancholic saturation that only direct obser…

2. Impressionism

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   Origins and Naming
   The term "Impressionism" was initially pejorative, coined by the art critic Louis Leroy in 1874 following the first independent exhibition held by the group, which included artists such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro. Leroy mockingly based his critique on Monet's painting, Impression, Sunrise (1872). The artists quickly embraced the label, signaling their departure from institutional sanction.[^2]
   A significant, though often overlooked, underlying fac…