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I was pleased to visit the Musée d Orsay 1 (house) in an old railway building, 2 (feature)
some of the best-known paintings from the Impressionist movement of the 19th century.
The artists who made the deepest 3 ( impress ) on me 4 ( be ) two of the greatest
Impressionist 5 ( painter), Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Monet was 6 ( great)
inspired by nature and in the last three decades of his life he painted mostly scenes from his garden, one
of which 7 (show) in the famous piece Blue Water Lilies. However, Renoir preferred to paint scenes
of everyday life. For example, his 1876 masterpiece Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette showing life in
8 busy neighbourhood of Paris on a Sunday afternoon.
The Impressionists vision influenced not only a whole new generation of Post-Impressionist painters
like Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, 9 works are also displayed at the Musée d Orsay, but also
modern art, encouraging artists to look at the world 10 an entirely new point of view.
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83-year-old Tatsuo Horiuchi from Japan is known all around the world for his incredible drawing
skills. He doesn t use pencils, pens or paint for his art. Instead, he 1 ( create) masterpieces in
Microsoft Excel!
Around 20 years ago, before retiring, Horiuchi thought that he needed a new challenge in his life. So
he settled on painting. However, he didn t want to spend money on art 2 (supply)—he decided to
use his PC. But he didn t go for any fancy digital drawing software either and he chose Excel.
“I didn t expect 3 (improve) my painting immediately, so I made a 10-year plan,” Horiuchi
said.
“For the first 3 years, I focused 4 ‘drawing’ and drew all the things that could 5 (see),
such as vegetables, carrots, Japanese radish and 6 ( length) grass. For 7 next 3 years, I
practised combining the motifs one by one to construct a painting. ”
Six years after 8 ( start) his Excel art journey, Horiuchi applied to an Excel Autoshape Art
Contest and won the grand prize. That s 9 he gradually started getting more and more attention from
people for his skills.
Since then, he has become somewhat of a legend and he gets a great sense of 10 (achieve) from
his artwork.
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