Image via Christie’s La Mare, Effet De Neige, a “long-lost” Claude Monet painting that first appeared at The Fourth Impressionist Exhibition in 1879, is finally coming to auction after spending 70 long years hidden away in a private collection. Depicting a snow-capped landscape of ethereal blue and white hues, the piece is a stunning example of Monet’s experimentation with the Impressionist movement. “Claude Monet’s La Mare, Effet De Neige is undeniably one of the masterpieces of the Impressionist movement. The spontaneity and the freedom of execution seen in the rendering of light and atmosphere is a veritable tour de force,”...