Question

This artist dug a trench into the ground to lower his painting of a man and three women in white dresses, the latter all modeled on his wife. Swirls of white and grey surround a face with closed eyes in this artist’s painting of his wife on her deathbed. (10[1])This artist’s half-turned wife wears a billowing white dress and holds the title object alongside her son in a (10[1])field in his Woman with a Parasol. (10[1])This artist (10[1])married his patron’s widow Alice Hoschedé (“ohsh-DAY”) after the death of his muse Camille Doncieux (“kah-MEE dawns-YOO”), whom he painted wearing a red kimono. Georges Clemenceau urged this artist to get surgery for his cataracts, (10[3])which impacted (10[1])a series that (10[1])makes up two rooms of the Musée de l’Orangerie (10[1])and includes this artist’s Japanese footbridge. For 10 points, while in Giverny, what artist painted his pond’s water lilies? ■END■

ANSWER: Claude Monet [or Oscar-Claude Monet]
<UW B, Painting and Sculpture>
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Andrei HuiCambridge BWarwick B4810
Fahim AfzalCambridge DBristol6710
Eveline OngOxford ASouthampton A7410
Andrew FisherSheffieldImperial B7610
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ACambridge E10810
Cormac BeirneLSEOxford C10810
Kai MadgwickManchesterSouthampton B10810
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge C11010
Justin KeungImperial ANYU C11310
Eliza DeanOxford BDurham12210

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