In 1908, at 68, Claude Monet nearly refused to visit Venice. He thought he was too old to paint its beauty. But once there, the city’s light changed him. From dawn in St. Mark’s Square to twilight over the canals, Monet painted obsessively—sometimes from his hotel window, sometimes from a gondola. In just ten weeks, he created 37 masterpieces. It became his last great artistic love, shared with his wife Alice. Venice proved him wrong: it’s never too late to be inspired. #ClaudeMonet #ArtHistory

Painting Without Seeing – Is It Possible? Claude Monet, one of the greatest Impressionist painters, gradually saw his eyes close on the world he painted. The loss of his vision didn’t end his art—quite the opposite: it transformed his approach to painting, forcing him to reinvent his way of seeing. Around 1912, Monet began to suffer from cataracts after his stay in Venice in 1908. His visual disorder manifested as a loss of sharpness, color distortion, and a general deterioration of perception.