ONCE, when Claude Monet was painting the cliffs at Étretat, he became so absorbed he failed to notice a wave until it crashed into him. He had to crawl from the sea on all fours. But this incident did ...
According to most accounts of his long and productive career, Claude Monet (1840–1926) was a passionate pursuer of natural effects, a magician with a brush. Specific moments in time seemed to flow ...