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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Chrysanthemums, 1878 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.83
SKU: 10579-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:54.5 x 65 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Beach at Honfleur, c.1867 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$68.73
SKU: 10590-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60 x 81 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA

Houses of Parliament, Fog Effect, 1903 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$81.26
SKU: 10643-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Water Lilies, 1919 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10713-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:101 x 200 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Ile aux Fleurs near Vetheuil, 1880 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.43
SKU: 10717-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:66 x 81.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

House of the Customs Officer, Varengeville, 1882 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$61.56
SKU: 10723-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:61 x 74.9 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

Seascape, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10739-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:50 x 72.8 cm
Private Collection

Seascape at Sainte-Adresse, n.d. by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10897-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Rising Tide at Pourville, 1882 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$53.25
SKU: 10910-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:66 x 81.3 cm
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA

Spring in Giverny, 1890 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.18
SKU: 10927-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.5 x 81.3 cm
The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts, USA

Garden in Bordighera, Impression of Morning, 1884 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 11010-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.5 x 81.5 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Fort of Antibes, 1888 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 11016-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.4 x 81 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Woodgatherers at the Edge of the Forest, c.1863 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 11018-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:59.7 x 90.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Rouen Cathedral, Facade, 1894 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 11025-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:100.6 x 66 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Water Lilies, c.1915 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 11045-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:151.4 x 201 cm
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Vase of Chrysanthemums, 1882 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$89.96
SKU: 11144-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:95.3 x 70 cm
Private Collection

Vetheuil in the Mist, 1879 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 11162-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60 x 71 cm
Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Meditation, Madame Monet Sitting on a Sofa, c.1871 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$59.88
SKU: 2489-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:48 x 75 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Customhouse, Varengeville, 1882 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$67.36
SKU: 10638-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60.3 x 81.4 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Cliffs at Varengeville, 1897 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$64.46
SKU: 10648-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 92 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux, Le Havre, France

Rouen Cathedral, Blue Harmony, Morning Sunlight, 1894 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$85.33
SKU: 10650-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:91 x 63 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

The Japanese Bridge, c.1918/24  by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$81.26
SKU: 10687-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:89 x 100 cm
Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Waterloo Bridge, 1901 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 10831-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 100 cm
Private Collection

The Needle and the Porte d'Aval, Etretat, 1886 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$52.23
SKU: 10896-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

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