Manet or Monet? Which do you like better? Why?

Darn, so close yet so far. No Marguerite, I like MONEY best of all.

I know it is not the question, nowhere NEAR the question, but that preference lies so far beyond Manet and Monet, or even Matisse, that it demands to have its voice heard. It has seared itself into this response-window without there being a damned thing I could do to stop it - sorry. 

 

@Clueless Dude, no problem. I'm hung up on art right now. Painting, as I am doing now, draws me to art history. Thanks!

 I know nothing of Manet. However, I feel that paintings by Monet are like looking at scenes through teary eyes, or rain.  I am not much for being an art critic. 

I may be entirely wrong, but I have a strong impression fashion governs art - not just painting, but literature and ALL art. Maybe this is absolutely inevitable and part of the evolution of the various art-forms, but for me, when I recognise fashion* at work I can't help but flinch.

Myself, I can relate to the art of a friend living locally here, even to the paintings of Adolph Hitler, but not (for instance) to the work of the 'Group of Seven'. Unfortunately, I find prints of the Group's work hanging in just about every bank, barber's shop, or dentist's or mental health specialist's waiting room I spend time in - far too much time, now I come to think of it.     

* for me, fashion = political correctness = going with the flow = not wanting to get pushed off the band-wagon = prostituting originality and deceitfully filtering the creative spark.

Manet. I can't stand those freaking lily pads.

This one I like:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edouard_Manet_073_(Toter_Torero).jpg

This was part of the painting, but he cut it up:

http://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-manet/the-bullfight-1864

Good decision Édouard.

This one is good too:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.100.51/

@Bromi, #1 file does not exist. #2, good. #3, very powerful, emotional painting. Thanks!

They're both pretty great. I'm more familiar with Monet, but it's Manet that I have on my wall. I have a print of this painting in my bedroom:

@bhWison, Monet had vision problems toward the end of his life. That explains the fog in his paintings. He was painting what he saw. The other was style. Scenes to just to give an impression. Not realistic at all.

@Clueless, a variety of things influence art. Cultures influence art. Materials available influence art. Events influence art. I hardly find contemporary art exhibiting political correctness. There is art that is commercialized, but not all. Imagination governs where art goes.