The story

15 poppy paintings. Not because people were buying them. In 1873 critics called the first one unfinished. Nobody wanted a poppy on their wall. But Monet couldn't stop. Red on green makes your eyes vibrate. He figured that out and it broke his brain. Every summer he went back to the field like an addict. Thicker paint. More red. Hotter. He was chasing a feeling, not a sale. The coffee mugs and phone cases came a hundred years later. He never saw any of that.

Movement
Impressionism
Artist
Claude Monet

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