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Luciana Cole they/them's avatar

i went to my first monet exibit when i was 5 and i remember having a tour guide and never once did they mention his muse, his wife, the woman behind the man, thank you for shedding light on an artist so well known and beloved and the woman behind him this entire time

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Emma's avatar

thank you so much! i feel like oftentimes, people really forget the people behind the artist, so i really loved writing about this

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Luciana Cole they/them's avatar

well please continue for i find it fascinating especially as someone with little art background

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esje's avatar

Oh what a beautiful (and unique) piece !!! such a breath of fresh air on the (already) great newsletters ive been reading. excitex to read more of this!

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Emma's avatar

your comment made my day! thank you so much, esje !!!

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Moved To @evangeliapappas's avatar

This is such a gorgeous essay, I absolutely love the way you convey ideas. You just got a new subscriber, keep it up!

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Emma's avatar

oh wow, thank you so much evangelia!

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Liv Rupp's avatar

Loved reading this! Really kept my interest throughout the whole piece!

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Emma's avatar

thank you so much liv!

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cam.'s avatar

oh to be loved by an artist... thankyou for this piece, I learnt a lot - to think Monet is one of my favourite artists and I never knew Camille's name.

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Emma's avatar

thank you! i'm so glad people know about her now

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leah beth's avatar

this is so beautiful & well-written!!

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Emma's avatar

thank you so much leahhhh !!!

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Kerry Sutherland's avatar

I knew nothing of this! I love Monet's work but know little of his personal life. Thanks so much for your work putting this story together and for sharing it with us.

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Emma's avatar

thank you for reading kerry!!!

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isla aqua  🌺🐆's avatar

I think this has become one of my favorite articles I’ve read here! Thank you for sharing this, I love art and learning all that went behind some of the most beautiful paintings it’s always lovely!

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Emma's avatar

thank you so much!!!!

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Kupu's avatar

Girl I think I fell in love

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dasia lanee💗's avatar

woww you wrote this so beautifully, definitely subscribing

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Isabella Ann's avatar

I so enjoyed reading this piece and hearing your thoughts on Claude Monet's paintings. 😊 Thank you for sharing!

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Maryam's avatar

Finding someone you love as a painter means your love inevitably intertwines with your desire to capture them in a permanence different to a photo, when you paint you’re seeing and that is often charged with the love you feel. Other people may see a flaw but a painter sees beauty and uniqueness and it becomes clear when they paint. Thank you for this brilliant essay!

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Anastasia's avatar

Thank you for this article! I didn't know about their relationship and the portrait of Camille on her deathbed hit both my sister and I hard, because it reminded us about our mother's last days.

Coincidentally, I was in a secondhand book store yesterday and thought about your article which I read right before that visit, so I looked through the art books and found his biobiography. Just started reading it. Thank you again, it was a nice catalyst for me to educate myself more.

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marxist muslimah's avatar

I learned so much :) thank you for this. A beautiful and tragic story

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zi 🪲's avatar

you get it!!!!

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