Claude Monet By mbrennan307 Nov 14, 1840 Claude Monet was born Feb 14, 1856 He got introduced to open air painting Feb 14, 1859 Goes to Academie Suisse to study painting Feb 16, 1862 He began to contribute to making Impressionism respected Sep 5, 1879 His wife, Camille Doncieux, dies, and he paints her