I have not been able to see a bit of sea or any water at all; everything is frozen and covered with snow. - Claude Monet

The sea is superb, but the cliffs don't match up to those at Fecamp. Here I'll be certain to do more boats.

Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than Sargent thinks. But he went on to agree that impressionists had noted how strong

Since the appearance of Impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red.. .But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.