Portrait of Claude Monet

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1840-1926

French Impressionist Painter

Oscar-Claude Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris, France. He was the second son of Claude-Adolphe Monet, a grocer, and Louise-Justine Aubrée, a singer. In 1845, the family moved to Le Havre, a port town in Normandy, where Monet's father opened a grocery and ship-chandlery business.

Monet showed an early talent for drawing and began taking lessons from local artist Eugène Boudin, who introduced him to plein air (outdoor) painting. In 1859, Monet moved to Paris to study art at the Académie Suisse, where he met fellow artists Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne.

In 1861, Monet was conscripted into the French army and served in Algeria for two years. After falling ill, he returned to France and resumed his art studies, attending the studio of Charles Gleyre in Paris. There, he met Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Frédéric Bazille, who would become key figures in the Impressionist movement.

Monet's early work was influenced by the Barbizon school, which focused on natural landscapes. However, he soon began to experiment with capturing the effects of light and atmosphere in his paintings. In 1866, Monet's painting "Camille" or "The Woman in the Green Dress" (La femme à la robe verte) featuring his future wife, Camille Doncieux, gained recognition at the Paris Salon.

In 1870, Monet married Camille, and the couple had two sons, Jean and Michel. The family faced financial difficulties, and Monet struggled to sell his paintings. In 1874, Monet and his fellow artists, including Renoir, Pissarro, and Edgar Degas, organized their own exhibition, which became known as the first Impressionist Exhibition. Monet's painting "Impression, Sunrise" (Impression, soleil levant) was displayed at the exhibition and inspired the name of the Impressionist movement.

Throughout the 1870s and 1880s, Monet continued to participate in the Impressionist exhibitions and developed his signature style, characterized by loose brushstrokes, vibrant colors, and a focus on the changing effects of light. He painted numerous series of works, including haystacks, poplars, and the Rouen Cathedral, capturing the same subject at different times of day and in various weather conditions.

In 1890, Monet purchased a property in Giverny, a small village in Normandy. He designed and cultivated an extensive garden, which became the subject of many of his later paintings, including the famous Water Lilies series. Monet's work during this period became increasingly abstract, as he focused on the interplay of light, color, and reflection in his garden's pond.

Monet's wife, Camille, died in 1879, and he later married Alice Hoschedé, the wife of a former patron. Monet continued to paint and travel, visiting London, Venice, and Norway, among other places. In his later years, he suffered from cataracts, which affected his vision and the colors in his paintings.

Claude Monet died on December 5, 1926, in Giverny, at the age of 86. He is buried in the Giverny church cemetery. Today, Monet is considered one of the most important and influential artists of the Impressionist movement, and his work continues to be celebrated and admired worldwide.

764 Claude Monet Artworks

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Water Lilies, c.1916/26 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$58.85
SKU: 11043-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:200 x 425.4 cm
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA

The Sea at Fecamp, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$75.00
SKU: 11165-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.5 x 82 cm
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany

The Garden of Vétheuil, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.32
SKU: 16993-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:59.5 x 74.5 cm
Private Collection

The Promenade with the Railroad Bridge, Argenteuil, 1874 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$56.05
SKU: 11084-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:53.7 x 72.1 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA

The Road to Giverny, Winter, 1885 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$51.97
SKU: 10841-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.5 x 81 cm
Private Collection

Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, 1866 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 2483-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:79 x 98 cm
Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Ice Floes at Twilight, 1893 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 19757-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60 x 99.7 cm
Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland

The Hut at Trouville, Low Tide, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10818-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Etretat, Cliff and Upstream Gate, 1883 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.01
SKU: 16995-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 81 cm
Private Collection

Irises, 1914 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$75.47
SKU: 16624-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:200 x 200.7 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

The Water-Lily Pond at Giverny, 1917 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$57.29
SKU: 10662-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:117 x 83 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Grenoble, France

Jean Monet on His Horse Tricycle, 1872 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$53.25
SKU: 2496-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:59.1 x 73 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Water Lilies, Water Landscape, 1907 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$66.10
SKU: 2310-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:82.5 x 93 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA

Sea Coast at Trouville, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 2401-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60.7 x 81.3 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

The Hunt, 1876 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.18
SKU: 11152-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:170 x 137 cm
Private Collection

The Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1872 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.06
SKU: 10924-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:53 x 71 cm
Private Collection

Poplars on the Banks of the River Epte at Dusk, 1891 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$81.78
SKU: 10647-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Sunrise (Marine), 1873 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$62.11
SKU: 11014-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:49 x 60 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA

Charing Cross Bridge, 1903 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$55.64
SKU: 11085-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:73 x 104.1 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA

The Seine at Vetheuil, 1880 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10707-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60.3 x 100.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Banks of the Seine, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$55.09
SKU: 11128-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:81 x 60 cm
Private Collection

The Departure of the Boats, Etretat, 1885 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.18
SKU: 2393-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:73.5 x 93 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Springtime (The Reader), 1872 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 2444-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:50 x 65.5 cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA

Water-Lily Pond: Pink Harmony, 1900 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$68.17
SKU: 10657-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:89.5 x 100 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

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