One cannot discuss Claude Monet’s art without looking at Impression ... The work has a strong upward perspective, with the sky and the clouds making up most of the background.

“The passing cloud, the fresh breeze … a rainstorm ... For us, as for his first audiences, Monet’s painting offers respite from an increasingly technological, urbanized world.

After an 18-month hiatus, a restored “Waterlilies” by impressionist painter Claude Monet is back on display through August at the Portland Art Museum, its home since the museum acquired the ...