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Claude Monet achieved fame for being the initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of theImpressioniststyle. In his work he did not try to reproduce a scene faithfully as examined in detail but rather attempted to record on the spot the impression that a relaxed, momentary vision of the scene gave him.