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

Luncheon on the Grass (Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe), 1866 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
SKU: 2475-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:130 x 181 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Nympheas (Water Lilies), c.1914/17 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Nympheas (Water Lilies) c.1914/17

Giclée Canvas Print
$68.78
SKU: 10749-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:181 x 201.6 cm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil 1881

Giclée Canvas Print
$53.47
SKU: 11046-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:100.3 x 81.3 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA

The Fourteenth of July (Bastille Day), n.d. by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
SKU: 10793-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

The Quay at Le Havre, 1868 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

The Quay at Le Havre 1868

Giclée Canvas Print
$51.05
SKU: 10912-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Near Monte Carlo, 1883 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Near Monte Carlo 1883

Giclée Canvas Print
$62.17
SKU: 16991-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.6 x 82 cm
Private Collection

Self Portrait with a Beret, 1886 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Self Portrait with a Beret 1886

Giclée Canvas Print
$65.88
SKU: 10875-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:56 x 46 cm
Private Collection

The Seine at Bennecourt, Winter, n.d. by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

The Seine at Bennecourt, Winter n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$51.05
SKU: 10796-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:unknown
Private Collection

Weeping Willow, c.1918/19 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Weeping Willow c.1918/19

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.86
SKU: 10755-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:100 x 110 cm
Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

The Castle of Dolceacqua, 1884 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

The Castle of Dolceacqua 1884

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.34
SKU: 10890-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:92 x 73 cm
Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Corner of the Garden at Montgeron, c.1876 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
SKU: 10577-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:175 x 194 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Spring Flowers, 1864 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Spring Flowers 1864

Giclée Canvas Print
$58.80
SKU: 2467-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:116.8 x 91 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

At the Parc Monceau, 1878 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

At the Parc Monceau 1878

Giclée Canvas Print
$51.05
SKU: 11138-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.3 x 54.2 cm
Private Collection

Water Lilies (Nympheas), 1908 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Water Lilies (Nympheas) 1908

Giclée Canvas Print
$63.29
SKU: 11172-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:100 x 81 cm
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Camille Monet and a Child in the Artist's Garden in Argenteuil, 1875 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
SKU: 10899-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:55.3 x 64.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

The Artist's House at Argenteuil 1873

Giclée Canvas Print
$62.73
SKU: 2441-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60.2 x 73.3 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Springtime, 1886 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Springtime 1886

Giclée Canvas Print
$61.89
SKU: 2383-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:64.8 x 80.6 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The Meadow (La Prairie), 1879 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

The Meadow (La Prairie) 1879

Giclée Canvas Print
$51.05
SKU: 11164-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:81.3 x 99.7 cm
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA

Waterlilies or The Water Lily Pond (Nympheas), 1904 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
SKU: 18307-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:88 x 91.4 cm
Denver Museum of Art, Colorado, USA

The Church at Vetheuil, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

The Church at Vetheuil 1881

Giclée Canvas Print
$51.05
SKU: 11147-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:47.6 x 73 cm
Private Collection

Twilight, Venice at Dusk, 1908 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Twilight, Venice at Dusk 1908

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.90
SKU: 2522-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:73 x 92 cm
Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1869 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit 1869

Giclée Canvas Print
$77.07
SKU: 10582-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:99.5 x 80.6 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA

Morning on the Seine, near Giverny, 1897 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Morning on the Seine, near Giverny 1897

Giclée Canvas Print
$83.77
SKU: 8430-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:81.3 x 92.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Olive Grove in the Moreno Garden, 1884 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print

Olive Grove in the Moreno Garden 1884

Giclée Canvas Print
$52.95
SKU: 11137-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.4 x 81.2 cm
Private Collection

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