我见过莫奈晚年的一张照片,画家站在他的大幅画作《睡莲》(1914-1926年)前面,手里举着调色板,似乎满眼都是迷惘。老画家这时已经功成名就,但是雷华德《印象画派史》说: “正像安格尔一样,他死的时候,是他所体现的思想早已过时的时候。莫奈是印象派画家中第一个成功的人,是亲眼看到印象派真正胜利的惟一的印象派画家,他活着亲身感受他的孤立,当他看到许多年才实现的幻想被年轻一代十分激烈地加以攻击的时候,他一定会感到一些痛苦的。”其实印象派中也并非莫奈一人落入此种境遇,列维《西方艺术史》说: I have seen a picture of Monet’s later years in the painting, standing in front of his large painting “Water Lily” (1914-1926) with a palette in his hand, as if all eyes are lost. Old painter at this time has fame, but Rehvard’s “history of the impressionist school,” said: “Just as, like Angell, when he died, his ideas are already outdated .Monay is the first impressionist painter The only successful impressionist painter who witnessed the real triumph of Impressionism was his own personal experience of his isolation. When he saw that the fantasy realized for so many years was attacked by the younger generation with intense fury, he would surely Feel a little bit of pain. ”In fact, the Impressionists are not Monet one fell into this situation, Levi’s“ History of Western Art, ”said: