![]() ![]() As he developed his own style, Monet faced some financial difficulties despite the success of The Woman in a Green Dress (La Femme en robe verte) that immortalizes Camille Doncieux, whom he married in 1870, no art gallery would expose his work. Forced to return to Paris in 1862 following an illness he contracted (pleurisy), Monet met the Swiss painter Charles Gleyre and also worked with Alfred Sisley, Auguste Renoir and Frédéric Basille who all become his close friends.ĭuring the second half of the 1860s, Monet painted in a style reminiscent of Edouard Manet. Monet’s military service in Algeria in 1861 cut short his studies but he nonetheless continued to experiment with different artistic forms. Monet developed his passion over time, starting with caricature and then, encouraged by his father, painting, which he studied in Paris in 1859 at the Swiss Academy. Born in Paris on November 14, 1840, he spent his childhood in the city of Havre (Normandy) where his family moved when he was five years old. There are many paintings of the lilies in his garden at Giverny.Famous Works: Impression Sunrise, Water Lilies, Japanese bridgeĬlaude Monet is a French painter known for his significant contribution to the Impressionist art movement. For example, he painted a series of pictures of haystacks in a field, and another series of pictures of the west front of Rouen Cathedral. His later paintings include series, in which he paints the same subject in different lights. If you go very close to one of his pictures it is hard to see what it shows, but if you stand back everything becomes clear. Monet used broad brush strokes to build up his pictures, and painted quite quickly to try and get the idea of the light he could see into his paintings. Alice died in 1911, and his son Jean was killed in World War I in 1914. Monet found that his garden inspired him to paint pictures of it, particularly the water lilies. In 1883 they moved to a house in Giverny where Monet planted a large garden. Alice Hoschedé decided to help Monet by taking care of his children as well as her own. He intended to make fun of the artists, but the name has stuck and this is what people today call this style of painting. When this picture was shown in 1874 one critic took its title and called the group of artists " Impressionists". In 1873 he painted Impression, Sunrise, showing the sea at Le Havre. In 1870 he moved to England to escape the Franco-Prussian War, and in 1871 he moved to Argenteuil near Paris where he painted some of his most famous pictures. They married in 1870 and had two children, Michel and Joseph. In 1866 Monet had a child with Camille Doncieux, who had been his model. He met other artists here, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley. He did not like the way art was taught, and joined the painter Charles Gleyre in his studio. When he became ill he left the army to study art at university. Monet joined the French Army in Algeria for two years from 1860 to 1862. When he was young he met the painter Eugène Boudin who taught him to use oil paints, and encouraged him to paint out of doors. ![]() ![]() His father wanted him to help run the family's grocery business. One of his most famous paintings was called Water Lilies, which he repeated many times in various conditions. Pierre-Auguste Renoir made a portrait of Claude Monet, 1875Ĭlaude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French impressionist artist. ![]()
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