Why Is Claude Monet Considered Deviant?

The society of today appreciates individuality but at times, it doesn't facilitate or condone it completely. As stated by Ralph Waldo Emerson "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment"
Those who stray away from the normal everyday activities, and interests or those who pursue ambitious ideas that give them a sense of accomplishment are the ones that tend to be the innovators that start groundbreaking movements therefore not only is this a possibility, but the people who in life chased their own calling regardless of how deviant it is from those around them tend to have a higher level of satisfaction than those who conform. A perfect example of these attributes lies in the art world with a Frenchman named Claude Monet. During the year 1872, he painted his most famous oil painting of the Le Harve port "Impression, Soleil Levant" or "Impression, Sunrise". Monet had composed the sunrise with streaky thick globs of unblended paint creating a highly unpolished look to the canvas. He wanted to capture the moment itself, to not be bothered with the organization or aesthetic value. This was a technique no artist had ever unveiled, but to him nonetheless beautiful. A few years later he and a group of tightly knit painters with the same values had created their own

It was considered messy, unfinished, and talentless. One critic said in a comment of harsh feedback that with Monet's creation, he hadn't painted a sunrise, but a "mere impression" of one. Monet could have accepted that negative comment and went back to painting in the traditional style of the time, but instead, he reclaimed that criticism. From then forth he and the band of painters called themselves Impressionists. They went on to be remembered as one of the most influential artistic revolutionaries since the time of the Renaissance for their rejection of the current style of media and