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The Magpie by Monet was rejected by the 1869 Paris Salon for its innovative style.
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This rejection led Monet to organize impressionist exhibitions. It’s now considered a masterpiece of early Impressionism.
There is something about snow in the impressionist style that I just find unexplainably beautiful.
Seeing a Monet reminds me of this scene in Dr. Who where Van Gogh stops to look at a Monet water lilies painting. It's a nice touch because he was very much influenced by Monet's work. And I only now learned that it was made 15 years after Van Gogh took his own life, so he wouldn't have seen it before.