Claude Monet was an artist in the Impressionist movement, which was the first movement in the Modern Art era. An artist Louis Leroy critiqued this painting and came up with the word "Impressionism". Impressionism was a style of painting that used color to enhance light in nature. As you can see in this painting, Monet used brighter colors to show light in the landscape. You are able to see short brush strokes, which was also a style used in impressionism. Most impressionists painted landscapes like this one, and they had to be painted in a timely fashion in order to capture the light in time. This is also why impressionist paintings look not so detailed because artists couldn't take the time to use accurate line and detail. Monet did a great job using color, and space in this landscape to capture light and nature.
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