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Joe Byrd

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I first found Claude Monet while sitting among 300 students in a college Humanities 101 class. He spoke to me. He told me about color, brush strokes, and impressions rather than photographic reproduction of live scenes. He became a lifelong friend who helped a boy from West Virginia's coal region learn about art.

Twenty-five years later, I began researching Claude Monet. After reading and re-reading the art books I had collected, I purchased more in-depth biographies. Most notably, Daniel Wildenstein's "Monet: The Triumph of Impressionism," a four-volume set that contains every one of Monet's paintings plus an extensive history of Monet's life. Ross King's "Mad Enchantment" was another revealing account of Monet's final years. I also attende ...more

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Joe Byrd I would travel to 1920 in Giverny, France, and visit with Claude Monet and his family. It would be on a sunny, summer, Sunday where we would sit on th…moreI would travel to 1920 in Giverny, France, and visit with Claude Monet and his family. It would be on a sunny, summer, Sunday where we would sit on the porch and dine for hours while engaging in conversations about his painting, his garden, and his neighbors.(less)
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Joe Byrd Waking up in the morning and reaching into the refrigerator to find that someone had peed all over my food. I slid down onto the floor when I realized…moreWaking up in the morning and reaching into the refrigerator to find that someone had peed all over my food. I slid down onto the floor when I realized I was the only one at home.(less)
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“The woodblock art of pre-modern Japan -- above all Hiroshige's landscape prints -- revolutionized European painting and made a major contribution in the last two decades of the 19th century to the development of Impressionism.”
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