Arts Everyday Living: Through Monet’s Eyes—A Festival of Lights at Night By Joan Hart on March 3, 2019 in Art Happenings Claude Monet, Leicester Square at Night, 1901, oil on canvas, Private Collection Would you guess that this expressive, almost abstract work of art is by Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926)? Or that it is a depiction of a London square at night? art appreciation, Impressionist art, the art of night