· He was a great artist and helped invent the style of painting called "Impressionism."
· He spent most of his time drawing ridiculous pictures of his teachers!
· The mood of his paintings were happy and filled with nature.
· Monet liked to paint about nature, boats, oceans, lakes, and ponds.
· He was more interested in how something looked when the sunlight was on it.
Born 14 November, 1840. Christened Oscar-Claud Monet.
Died 5 December, 1926 of lung cancer.
His painting Impression, Sunrise (painted 1872) hung in an exhibition with similar paintings in 1874. Art critic Louis Leroy read the paintings title and coined the term "Impressionism." Leroy meant this title to be an insult, but the impressionists quickly adopted it.
Was married twice: his first wife, Camille, died of tuberculosis in 1879. His second wife, Alice, died in 1911.
Has two sons: Jean and Michael.
His son Jean died at 47.
Owned and designed the gardens at Giverny where he painted his famous Waterlilies.
Served in the military during the Great War for two years until contracting Typhoid fever.
was born in Paris and died in Paris. Interesting Facts: * He was a great artist and helped invent the style of painting called "Impressionism." * He spent most of his time drawing ridiculous pictures of his teachers! * The mood of his paintings are happy and filled with nature. * Monet liked to paint about nature, boats, oceans, lakes, and ponds. * He was more interested in how something looked when the sunlight was on it. (http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/famous_artists/monet.htm)
he was an impresanist artist
Léon Monet, Claude Monet's grandfather, was eighty when Claude Monet was born.
Claude Monet's dad was Claude-Adolphe and Claude Monet's mother was Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet. Claude's father ran a grocery business.
Claude Monet did.
Oscar Claude Monet
Oscar Claude Monet
Cant't you see that the reflections are interesting? And in Monet's case there are also the water lilies.
Léon Monet, Claude Monet's grandfather, was eighty when Claude Monet was born.
Claude Monet's birth name is Claude Oscar Monet.
Claude Monet's dad was Claude-Adolphe and Claude Monet's mother was Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet. Claude's father ran a grocery business.
Everything. The fact is that Claude Monet's father wanted him to go into the family grocery business, but Monet wanted to become an artist. So, may be painting is his life since then.
Claude Monet did.
Oscar Claude Monet
Oscar Claude Monet
Oscar or Claude Monet (Claude-Commonly known) Technically speaking, Monet is Catholic. Technically because Monet disavowed religious secularism early on in his career.
Claude Monet did, yes.
Claude Monet
Father was Claude Adolphe Monet Mother was Louise Justine Aubree Monet