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Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a famous French painter and a leader in the art movement called Impressionism. Monet and other Impressionist painters wanted to pain outdoors and show the effects of sunlight. Because he was fascinated with the changing effects of sunlight, Monet often painted the same subject at different times of the day in different light. For example, he spent several months in 1890 painting a series of pictures of haystacks. He wanted to show how the effects of light on the haystacks changed during the day. After he finished the Haystacks, he did a series of paintings of a famous church in French. Between 1892 and 1894, he painted twenty pictures of the church at different times from sunrise to sunset. What is the main idea of the paragraph?
Choose one answer.
a. Claude Monet painted many pictures of haystacks and cathedrals.
b. Impressionism was an important art movement in France in the late 1800s.
c. Being painter is not easy.
d. The Impressionist Claude Monet painted pictures that showed the changing effects of light.