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I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.

Claude Monet

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Claude Monet
Age: 86 †
Born: 1840
Born: November 14
Died: 1926
Died: December 5
Graphic Artist
Painter
Paris
France
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Depressed
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