COOL effect !!
FYI... From this source:
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"Monet's visual disorder: Cataracts
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Although Monet was
diagnosed with nuclear cataracts in both eyes by a Parisian ophthalmologist in
1912, at the age of 72, his visual problems began much earlier. Soon after 1905
(age 65) he began to experience changes in his perception of color. He no longer
perceived colors with the same intensity. Indeed his paintings showed a change
in the whites and greens and blues, with a shift towards "muddier" yellow and
purple tones. After 1915, his paintings became much more abstract, with an even
more pronounced color shift from blue-green to red-yellow. He complained of
perceiving reds as muddy, dull pinks, and other objects as yellow. These changes
are consistent with the visual effects of cataracts. Nuclear cataracts absorb
light, desaturate colors, and make the world appear more yellow.
Monet
was both troubled and intrigued by the effects of his declining vision, as he
reacted to the the foggy, impressionistic personal world that he was famous for
painting. In a letter to his friend G. or J. Bernheim-Jeune he wrote, “To
think I was getting on so well, more absorbed than I’ve ever been and expecting
to achieve something, but I was forced to change my tune and give up a lot of
promising beginnings and abandon the rest; and on top of that, my poor eyesight
makes me see everything in a complete fog. It’s very beautiful all the same and
it’s this which I’d love to have been able to convey. All in all, I am very
unhappy.” – August 11, 1922, Giverny. "
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