Camille Monet and a Child
Camille Monet and a Child in the Artist's Garden in Argenteuil - Claude Monet, 1875 I first time saw this painting was on January 4th, '18 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I was picking Leta up from her flight in from Dallas that night and decided - on a bit of a whim - to head to MFA in the morning before picking her up. I wandered through the museum in a fairly desultory way, seeing the sights - trying to not get caught picking my nose, before finding myself in the contemporary wing. I've always preferred modern art for some reason. I think, in some ways, I am intrigued by the sense of purpose I find in later art. That's not to say earlier works didn't have meaning, just that I'm not as attracted to the constraints of commissioned pieces for affluent recipients. In later art, there seems to be a more keen eye toward the basis of the work as art , rather than a material object. An example of this being the impressionist movement in the 1870's ...
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