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Loukas Christodoulou | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @43d7c4ea I immediately thought of Turner and Constable, but I see Monet became famous in the second half of the century while they were of the previous generation.
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b8de67a3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b870d4c8 

Yes, this was very much a 'dawn of modern art' focussed remark...
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493d7ba4 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @43d7c4ea @b870d4c8 It’s an interesting claim, considering that Claude Monet married an artists’ model, Camille Doncieux, three years after the birth of their first child. Did he really never paint her nude, or did he just keep such work hidden? We will probably never know!
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b8de67a3 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7db1d990 @b870d4c8 

Fair point; exhibited paintings may not be the extent of work... but given that after his death (like many artists) his oeuvre was explored and explored, my guess is if any private works existed they would have surfaced (unless of course destroyed)