Focus on this artwork and discuss the Legacy.
The painting is one of Monet's most recognizable and revered works and of impressionism as a whole. Mary Mathews Gedo in Monet and His Muse: Camille Monet in the Artist's Life said that it was of "high quality" and had a "powerful impact". artchive.com described it as a "masterpiece" that "triumphs wonderfully in conveying the sensation of a snapshot in time"
Mary Tompkins Lewis in Critical Readings in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: An Anthology said it was "his largest and most imposing" painting of the decade, as well as it being "haunting, deeply introspective"  cmonetgallery.com viewed it to be "representative of Monet and impressionism in many ways" and that "Monet was looking at the world and depicting it in way that had not been done before."
Impressionism Camille Monet