In the late 19th century, Claude Monet created an astonishing series of haystack paintings, which are now among the Impressionist artist’s most recognizable works. Later this month, one of those ...

She added, “How sad to be unable to be happy and to spoil the last days of one’s life like this.” Few people could pull Monet from Giverny. An exception was Renoir. In autumn 1906 ...