Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840 and moved to Havre as a child where he met one of his first teachers, Eugène Boudin, who encouraged him to paint landscapes. He later returned to Paris to study art and met other impressionist painters like Renoir, Bazille, and Sisley. In the 1870s, Monet married Camille Doncieux and took part in early impressionist exhibitions. In 1883, he moved to Giverny where he painted landscapes depicting the same scenes in different lights and travelled the Mediterranean for inspiration. Monet died in 1926 as a rich and famous painter known for his impressionist works.

1. CLAUDE MONET
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2. THE FIRST YEARS OF HIS LFE
Claude Monet was born in Paris on 14th November 1840.
Some years later he moved in Havre, with his family.
There, he met Eugène Boudin. He was one of Claude’s
first teachers and he also encouraged him to paint the
countryside.

3. THE TIMES IN PARIS
In 1859 he goes back to Paris to attend Academie Suisse. He had
the opportunity to see a lot of works of major painters, when he
visited the Lourve Museum.
Some years later, he had to quit his military service, because of
some health problems.
He attended drawing lessons, for 2years, at Charles Gleyre’s
studio. There, he met Renoir, Bazille and Alfred Sisley. They
became friends of his. Also, they shared the same ideas about
painting, that would take place, later, into the impressionism
movement.

4. HIS LIFE AFTER THAT
In the year 1870 he married Camille Doncieux, with whom
he already had a kid, Jean.
Later, he took part in the first impressionist exhibition, in
Paris. His painting was called “Impression, soleil levant”.
That name inspired the critic Luis Leroy to use the word
Impressionism, for the first time.

5. WHAT HE DID WHEN HE
WAS AT GIVERNY
In 1883 he moved in Giverny.
There, he drew paintings based on the same themes, but he
expressed it in a different way every time.
In thedecades 80’s and 90’s he travelled around the
Mediterranean, which inspired him to start a series of
paintings based on the theme of landscapes.
He died in 1926, at the age of 86, as a rich and famous
painter.

6. PHOTOS & PAINTINGS

7. THANK YOUCREDITS: WIKIPAIDIA