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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At the Val Saint-Nicolas, near Diepper, Morning, 1897 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 2336-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 100 cm
Phillips Collection, Washington, USA

Storm at Belle-Ile, 1886 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$75.45
SKU: 2515-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 81 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Rocks at Port-Coton, the Lion Rock, Belle Ile, 1886 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.18
SKU: 10631-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.4 x 81.2 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Self Portrait, 1917 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$96.41
SKU: 10670-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:70 x 55 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Water Lilies, 1908 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$62.44
SKU: 10751-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA

Ship Aground, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$55.37
SKU: 10770-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:82 x 60 cm
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Vetheuil, 1879 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10803-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 92.5 cm
Private Collection

Vetheuil in Summertime, 1879 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$55.22
SKU: 10822-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:67.9 x 90.5 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Waterloo Bridge, n.d. by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$51.72
SKU: 10826-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

View of Venice, 1908 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
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$51.08
SKU: 10854-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

The Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
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$49.98
SKU: 11044-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:59.8 x 81.4 cm
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

The Seine near Giverny, 1885 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$53.85
SKU: 18308-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 92 cm
Denver Museum of Art, Colorado, USA

Waterloo Bridge, Misty Morning, 1902 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.02
SKU: 2326-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 100 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Poplars on the Bank of the Epte River, 1891 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
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$49.98
SKU: 2351-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:100.3 x 65.2 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Vetheuil in Winter, c.1878/79 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$57.71
SKU: 2417-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:68.5 x 89.8 cm
Frick Collection, New York, USA

Entrance to the Village of Vetheuil in Winter, 1879 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
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$49.98
SKU: 2422-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60.6 x 81 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Morning on the Seine, near Giverny, 1896 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
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$62.95
SKU: 10882-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:89.3 x 91.8 cm
Private Collection

Seine at Rouen, 1872 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10907-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:54 x 65.5 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Still Life with a Pheasant, c.1861 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10922-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:76 x 42.5 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France

Vetheuil, 1901 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
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$73.27
SKU: 10995-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:88.3 x 91.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Marine View with a Sunset, c.1875 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$80.56
SKU: 11073-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:49.5 x 65.1 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Haystack at Sunset, 1891 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.32
SKU: 2354-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:73.3 x 92.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Meadow with Poplars (Poplars near Argenteuil), 1875 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 2437-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:54.6 x 65.4 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Zaandam, Holland, 1871 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 2455-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:47.8 x 73 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

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