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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Sandvika, Norway, 1895 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$57.92
SKU: 10990-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:73.4 x 92.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Houses on the Achterzaan, 1871 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 10710-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:45.7 x 67 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Haystacks at Giverny, 1893 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 10828-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.5 x 100 cm
Private Collection

Landscape: The Parc Monceau, Paris, 1876 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$54.39
SKU: 2438-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:59.7 x 82.6 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Water Lilies, Harmony in Blue, c.1914/17 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$63.99
SKU: 10797-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:200 x 200 cm
Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Rouen Cathedral in Full Sunlight: Harmony in Blue and Gold, 1894 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$83.67
SKU: 10651-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:107 x 73 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Argenteuil, the Bridge under Repair, 1872 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$92.41
SKU: 10594-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60 x 80.5 cm
Private Collection

Ice on the Seine at Bougival, c.1864/69 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$72.64
SKU: 10586-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 81 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

London, Parliament with the Sun Breaking Fog, 1904 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$66.04
SKU: 2521-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:81 x 92 cm
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France

Ships in a Harbor, c.1873 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 11021-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:49.8 x 61 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

The Seine at Giverny, 1885 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 10886-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 92 cm
Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Spring Flowers, 1864 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$56.57
SKU: 2467-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:116.8 x 91 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), 1891 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 10992-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65.3 x 100.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

The Garden of Vétheuil, 1881 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$59.27
SKU: 16993-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:59.5 x 74.5 cm
Private Collection

Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect, 1903 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 11170-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 100 cm
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

La Rue de La Bavolle at Honfleur, 1864 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 2465-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:56 x 61 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

Water Lily Pond and Japanese Bridge, 1899 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$71.04
SKU: 2301-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:89.7 x 90.5 cm
Art Museum at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

The Castle of Dolceacqua, 1884 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$58.05
SKU: 10890-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:92 x 73 cm
Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Water Lilies, 1916 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$74.43
SKU: 2529-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:200 x 200 cm
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan

Port-Goulphar, Belle-Ile, 1887 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$50.70
SKU: 10817-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:81 x 65 cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Etretat, Cliff and Upstream Gate, 1883 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$59.94
SKU: 16995-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:65 x 81 cm
Private Collection

The Beach at Trouville, 1870 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 11101-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:48 x 73.5 cm
Private Collection

River Epte at Giverny, Summer, 1884 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$62.12
SKU: 11135-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:60 x 73 cm
Private Collection

Water Lilies (Agapanthus), c.1915/26 by Claude Monet | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.11
SKU: 11053-MCL
Claude Monet
Original Size:201.3 x 425.8 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

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