#18: Monet’s Fading Vision at Giverny (c. 1920)
Have you ever seen inside Claude Monet’s studio? Here, the famous artist is surrounded by monumental paintings of water lilies. Even as he battled extreme cataracts that distorted his vision, he pushed through to create masterpieces that would define Impressionism. Relying on labeled paint tubes and recollections of color, Monet transformed personal limitations into artistic triumph.

