Oct 06, 2019· Claude Monet, the master of Impressionism, loved to paint in series.The one with haystacks (in French called meules) is his most known one, as well the first he exhibited.. Fifteen of the paintings, presenting the haystacks in different times of the day, as well in different seasons, were exhibited at the Galerie Durand-Ruel (owned by the famous Impressionist art dealer) in 1891.