Claude Monet was a famous French painter born in 1840 who was a leading figure in the Impressionist movement. He was known for painting the same scene many times to capture changing light and seasons. In 1883, Monet lived in Giverny where he began painting his famous water lilies series in his lily ponds, first with vertical views of a Japanese bridge and later in large-scale works. By 1912, Monet developed cataracts and his vision deteriorated, requiring surgery in 1923. Some of Monet's most famous paintings include Impression, Sunrise, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, and The Houses of Parliament, Sunrise.

1. Claude Monet
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2. His life
• Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter who was born in 1840. One of the
most famous painters in the history of art and a leading figure in the
Impressionist movement, whose works can be seen in museums around the
world. Monet's ambition of documenting the French countryside led him to
adopt a method of painting the same scene many times in order to capture
the changing of light and the passing of the seasons.

3. His life
• From 1883, Monet lived in Giverny, where he purchased a house and
property and began a vast landscaping project which included lily ponds that
would become the subjects of his best-known works. He began painting the
water lilies in 1899, first in vertical views with a Japanese bridge as a
central feature, and later in the series of large-scale paintings that occupied
him continuously for the next 20 years of his life.

4. His life
• In 1912, he developed cataracts in his right eye. Monet's health proved to be
an obstacle, as well. Nearly blind, with both of his eyes now seriously
affected by cataracts, Monet finally consented to undergo surgery for the
ailment in 1923.

5. Monet’s most famous paintings
Bridge over a Pond of
Water Lilies
Woman with a
Parasol

6. Monet’s most famous paintings
Impression,
Sunrise
The Houses of
Parliament, Sunrise

7. Monet’s most famous paintings
San Giorgio
Maggiore at Dusk
Haystack at the
End of Summer

8. Bibliography
• https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/monet-paintings
• https://www.biography.com/artist/claude-monet
• https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437127