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1) A. Sell all his belongings. To make sure he could paint all of his 8ft-high Women in The Garden outside, Monet had a trench dug in his garden, so he could have the canvas raised or lowered. The artist was pronounced blind in 1922 and, the next year, had a cataract operation. And by his home at Giverny, some 50 miles west of Paris, Monet created a water garden by diverting the River Epte, a tributary of the seine. 2) TRUE. The art movement was given its name in 1874 by an unimpressed critic who had seen Monet’s impression: sunrise. 3) B. The ability to see ultraviolet light. Many experts believe that, after his cataract surgery in 1923, when he had the lens of his left eye removed, Monet could see ultraviolet light (usually filtered out by the eye), which would explain why his later paintings featured substantially more blue. 4) C. The local council. Neighbouring farmers and the local council attempted to block Monet’s planning permission to divert the River Epte, believing he would poison the water with his imported lilies, but Monet secured consent ‘ after a lot of difficulty’, according to the Royal Academy curator who uncovered the paper trail. 5) D. ‘Always continue walking a lot and loving nature, for that’s the real way to learn to understand art better and better.’ That was Vincent Van Gogh, in a letter to his brother in 1874. A was written on Monet’s visit to london in the late 1800s;

B was in a letter talking about his debts; and C was written when he could hear the artillery of a World War i battle. 6) TRUE. he employed a gardener to make sure his waterlilies looked perfect, including cleaning them every day to remove dust thrown up from the nearby road. tHe ey exhibition: Impressionists In London is open until may 7, 2018.