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Claude Monet
Claude Monet

Claude Monet

French, 1840-1926
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Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant, exhibited in the 1874 ("exhibition of rejects") initiated by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon.

Monet was raised in Le Havre, Normandy, and became interested in the outdoors and drawing from an early age. Although his mother, Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, supported his ambitions to be a painter, his father, Claude-Adolphe, disapproved and wanted him to pursue a career in business. He was very close to his mother, but she died in January 1857 when he was sixteen years old, and he was sent to live with his childless, widowed but wealthy aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre. He went on to study at the Académie Suisse, and under the academic history painter Charles Gleyre, where he was a classmate of Auguste Renoir. His early works include landscapes, seascapes, and portraits, but attracted little attention. A key early influence was Eugène Boudin who introduced him to the concept of plein air painting. From 1883, Monet lived in Giverny, also in northern France, where he purchased a house and property and began a vast landscaping project, including a water-lily pond.

His ambition to document the French countryside led to a method of painting the same scene many times so as to capture the changing of light and passing of the seasons. Among the best known examples are his series of haystacks (1890–91), paintings of the Rouen Cathedral (1894) and the paintings of water lilies in his garden in Giverny that occupied him continuously for the last 20 years of his life.

Frequently exhibited and successful during his lifetime, his fame and popularity soared in the second half of the 20th century when he became one of the world's most famous painters and a source of inspiration for burgeoning groups of artists.

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Bazille and Camille (Study for Déjeuner sur l’Herbe )

Bazille and Camille (Study for Déjeuner sur l’Herbe ) (1865)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
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Camille on the Beach in Trouville

Camille on the Beach in Trouville (1870)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Figurative
Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar

Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar (1855–1856)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
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Girl with Dog

Girl with Dog (1873)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
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Madame Monet Embroidering (Camille au métier)

Madame Monet Embroidering (Camille au métier) (1875)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
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Monsieur Coqueret (Father)

Monsieur Coqueret (Father) (1880)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
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The Cradle – Camille with the Artist’s Son Jean

The Cradle – Camille with the Artist’s Son Jean (1867)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Figurative
The Red Kerchief

The Red Kerchief (c. 1868–73)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Figurative
The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier)

The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier) (1876)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Figurative
Woman Seated under the Willows

Woman Seated under the Willows (1880)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Figurative
Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son

Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son (1875)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Figurative
Argenteuil

Argenteuil (c. 1872)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare

Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare (1877)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Banks of the Seine,Vétheuil

Banks of the Seine,Vétheuil (1880)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Bordighera

Bordighera (1884)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Boulevard Héloise, Argenteuil

Boulevard Héloise, Argenteuil (1872)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Charing Cross Bridge

Charing Cross Bridge (1903)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Cliff Walk at Pourville

Cliff Walk at Pourville (1882)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Cliffs at Pourville

Cliffs at Pourville (1882)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Étretat, The Beach and the Falaise d’Amont

Étretat, The Beach and the Falaise d’Amont (1885)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Gardener’s House at Antibes

Gardener’s House at Antibes (1888)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Houses of Parliament, London

Houses of Parliament, London (1900)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882

Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882 (1882)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt

On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt (1868)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Poppy Field (Giverny)

Poppy Field (Giverny) (1890)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Port-Domois, Belle-Isle

Port-Domois, Belle-Isle (1887)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Rocks at Belle-Isle, Port-Domois

Rocks at Belle-Isle, Port-Domois (1886)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Sainte-Adresse

Sainte-Adresse (1867)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Sandvika, Norway

Sandvika, Norway (1895)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen

Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen (1872-1873)

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Landscape
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