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French impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) began to notice that something was changing in his vision. 

According to a British medical journal, he said that "‘colours no longer had the same intensity for me’, that ‘reds had begun to look muddy’ and that ‘my painting was getting more and more darkened.’ 

"To avoid choosing the wrong colors, Monet started to label his tubes of paint and keep a strict order on his palette. Glare from bright sunlight complicated things further forcing Monet to wear a big straw hat outside."

He traveled to London to consult with German ophthalmologist Richard Liebreich, who recommended cataract surgery, but Monet refused. But by 1914-15, he noticed that his color vision was worsening.”

Monet after eye surgery

"After Monet became increasingly despondent and less productive, Georges Clemenceau, former French prime minister and physician, urged his friend to consider cataract surgery. Frightened, however, by the fate of his fellow artists Honoré Daumier and Mary Cassatt, whose cataract operations had been unsuccessful, Monet was adamant to avoid surgery at all costs.”

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Read the rest by Anna Gruener at the British Journal of General Practice

Have you had cataract or LASIK surgery? How did it change your vision? Please share your story in the comments.