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  2. BornOscar-Claude Monet · 14 November 1840 · Paris, Kingdom of France
    Died5 December 1926 (aged 86) · Giverny, France

    Claude Monet - Wikipedia

    • Oscar-Claude Monet (UK: /ˈmɒneɪ/, US: /moʊˈneɪ, məˈ-/; French: [klod mɔnɛ]; (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionism 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 pr… See more

    The Magic of Monet's Art
    The Magic of Monet's Art
    Claude Monet was a founder of impressionism, a style of painting that showed the changing light and color on nature.
    Biography

    Claude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. He was the second son of Claude Adolphe Monet (1800–1871) and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet (180… See more

    Method

    Monet has been described as "the driving force behind Impressionism". Crucial to the art of the Impressionist painters was the understanding of the effects of light on the local colour of objects, and the effects of the juxtapo… See more

    Death

    Monet died of lung cancer on 5 December 1926 at the age of 86 and is buried in the Giverny church cemetery. Monet had insisted that the occasion be simple; thus, only about fifty people attended the ceremony. … See more

    Legacy

    Speaking of Monet's body of work, Wildenstein said that it is "so extensive that its very ambition and diversity challenges our understanding of its importance". His paintings produced at Giverny and under the influenc… See more

    Footnotes

    1. ^ Khan et al. 2010 conversely describes the exile as forceful. See more

    Sources

    • Auricchio, Laura (October 2004). "Claude Monet (1840–1926)". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
    • Bailey, Colin B.; Rishel, Joseph J.; Rosenthal, Mark Lawrence (… See more

     
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