Study Suggests Monet's Work, Illustrates Rising Pollution , Amid the Industrial Revolution.<br />A letter from French painter Claude Monet <br />to his wife in 1901 may reveal the inspiration <br />behind some of his most influential work.<br />Everything is as good as dead,<br />no train, no smoke, no boat, nothing <br />to excite the inspiration a little, Claude Monet, Letter to his wife, via CNN.<br />Written during one of Monet's multiple trips to London between <br />1899 and 1901, the letter references smoke, which art historians <br />believe to be one of the artist's potential creative sparks. .<br />Written during one of Monet's multiple trips to London between <br />1899 and 1901, the letter references smoke, which art historians <br />believe to be one of the artist's potential creative sparks. .<br />CNN reports that a team of climate scientists recently <br />published a study which could provide new evidence <br />to confirm the theory long held by art historians. .<br />CNN reports that a team of climate scientists recently <br />published a study which could provide new evidence <br />to confirm the theory long held by art historians. .<br />I work on air pollution and while seeing <br />Turner, Whistler and Monet paintings <br />at Tate in London and Musée d'Orsay <br />in Paris, I noticed stylistic <br />transformations in their works, Anna Lea Albright, Postdoctoral researcher for <br />Le Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique <br />at Sorbonne University in Paris, via CNN.<br />The contours of their paintings <br />became hazier, the palette appeared <br />whiter and the style changed from <br />more figurative to more impressionistic: <br />Those changes accord with <br />physical expectations of how <br />air pollution influences light, Anna Lea Albright, Postdoctoral researcher for <br />Le Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique <br />at Sorbonne University in Paris, via CNN.<br />The team believe that over 100 paintings by Monet and British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner capture increasing pollution during the Industrial Revolution.<br />CNN reports that Britain produced just <br />2.9 million tons of coal in 1700, to producing <br />275 million tons per year by 1900. .<br />According to the researchers, the paintings illustrate the <br />historical changes to London's atmospheric environment, <br />specifically an increase in sulfur dioxide emissions. .<br />According to the researchers, the paintings illustrate the <br />historical changes to London's atmospheric environment, <br />specifically an increase in sulfur dioxide emissions. .<br />CNN reports that in one of Monet's letters to his wife, the painter wrote that he was comforted when, "the fires were lit and the smoke and haze came back.".<br />CNN reports that in one of Monet's letters to his wife, the painter wrote that he was comforted when, "the fires were lit and the smoke and haze came back."
