Claude monet

Claude Monet

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  • Birth Date

    Birth Date
    Born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France.
  • Moved

    Moved
    Moved to Le Havre, France in 1845.
  • Monet meets Eugene Boudin

    Monet meets Eugene Boudin
    During an exhibition of his drawings at a local frame shop in 1858, Monet met Eugene Boudin, a landscape artist who was a big influence on him. He introduced him to outdoor painting an activity that soon became his lifes work.
  • First marriage

    First marriage
    Married his first wife, Camille Doncieux in 1870 and was married for 9 years until her death in 1879.
  • Short of money

    Short of money
    Throughout the 1860's and the 1870's, he was often short of money and destroyed his own paintings rather than have them taken away by creditors.
  • The Franco-Prussian War

    During Monet's lifetime the Franco-Prussian War happened from 1870 to 1871.
  • Impressionist group shows

    Monet exhibited regularly in impresionist group shows. These shows first took place in 1874.
  • Wife's death

    Wife's death
    Claude Monet's wife, Camille, passed away in 1879.
  • Second Marriage

    In 1892, Claude Monet married Alice Hoschede.
  • Work on water lilies

    In 1899 Monet began work on his paintings on water lilies in his gardens at Giverny, France.
  • World War I

    During Claude Monet's lifetime World War I occured during 1914 through 1918.
  • Trouble seeing with his eyes

    Trouble seeing with his eyes
    In the 1920's Monet almost became blind.
  • Death

    Death
    Claude Monet died on December 5, 1926 in Giverny, France.
  • Impressionism

    A new style of art was born called impressionism which was an illusionist style, that showed how even the darkest of colors have an infinite amount of colors.