Monet- "Water Lillies"

I have always had an affinity to Monet's paintings, which is why I decided to blog on one of them. In this chapter we learned that Monet emerged as the Father of Impressionism and painted what he saw, not what he knew. We also learned of people like Salvador Dali with Dadaism who painted with their imaginations to say the least. I find it interesting that of all the art of this time, someone like Monet who painted the most realistic artwork was considered the "different one. While he painted what he saw, the others were painting based on planes, abstraction, and geometric figures. This was also a period where the color of this art would either explode onto the canvas or be dull to display the dismal feeling of those feeling the depression that came during this time as well. Again Monet's paintings are found on neither end of these extremes. Monet's paintings usually depicted soft, serene scenes using cool calming colors.
If I were living in this time period, I think I would still be more attracted to Monet's paintings because his bring about a sense of calmness that would be a great distraction from the tension the typical family would find themselves in during the depression and in between two very major wars. I also think that Monet's paintings are more popular than any of the other artists (of his time) today for this same reason. These days people are painting their houses to bring about welcoming and soothing feelings and a painting by Monet would bring about the same effect. I like to believe that Monet would be very pleased with such accomplishments.