Depiction Luncheon on the Grass, Oil on canvas, 1863. Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, Oil on canvas, 1872, Vincent van Gogh, The Night Café, Oil on canvas, 1888.

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…t in his new impressionistic technique. These artists were on their own. If they were not accepted by a salon, or hung in a gallery, they might not even have money for food. Rather than being simply craftsmen, artists now were creative individuals, often not recognized for their talents until after their deaths - Monet being the only one living long enough to reap any of the benefits of being a well known artist.