In the years to come the example of these men served as the touchstone by which he evaluated his own progress and experience . Dividing his time between Paris , in winter , and Le Havre and Fontainebleau in summer , Monet spent the 1860s getting his bearings . The war compelled him to leave and he went to Holland , where he found a new inspiration in Japanese engravings and in y drawings by Hiroshige , which later influenced him considerably , for example in his series...











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