Facts about Monet
Boudin taught Monet en plein air (outdoor) techniques for painting.
Cataracts formed on Monet's eyes, for which he underwent two surgeries in 1923.
Disillusioned with the traditional art taught at universities, in 1862 Monet was a student of Charles Gleyre in Paris, where he met Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frederic Bazille, and Alfred Sisley.
Monet died December 5, 1926 at the age of 86 and is buried in the Giverny church cemetery.
Monet was in Paris for several years and met several friends who were painters.
Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French Impressionist painter.
Alice Hoschedй decided to help Monet by bringing up his two children together with her own.
Chu (2003) summarizes the impact that Monet’s works can have on the viewer and why Monet is seen as a master of painting.
In 1870, Monet and Doncieux married and in 1873 moved into a house in Argenteuil near the Seine River.
During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), Monet took refuge in England to avoid the conflict.
Monet was exceptionally fond of painting controlled nature: his own garden in Giverny, with its water lilies, pond, and bridge.
Monet also undertook his first drawing lessons from Jacques-Francois Ochard, a former student of the great revolutionary artist, Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825).
Monet's famous "water lilies" paintings are among the most famous paintings not only of his era, but in world history.
Monet's 1866 Camille or The Woman in the Green Dress (La Femme а la Robe Verte), which brought him recognition, was one of many works featuring his future wife, Camille Doncieux.
When Monet traveled to Paris to visit The Louvre, he witnessed painters copying from the old masters.
From 1871 to 1878 Monet lived at Argenteuil, a village on the Seine near Paris, and here he painted some of his best known works.
Between 1883 and 1908, Monet traveled to the Mediterranean Sea, where he painted landmarks, landscapes, and seascapes, such as Bordighera.
Today, Monet is seen as one of the greatest artists in the history of art.
Monet, having brought his paints and other tools with him, would instead go and sit by a window and paint what he saw.
Monet explained the title later: "I was asked to give a title for the catalogue; I couldn't very well call it a view of Le Havre.
During World War I Monet painted a series of weeping willow trees as homage to the French fallen soldiers.
Today, Monet is seen as one of the greatest artists in the history of art.