Claude Monet was a French painter born in 1840 who is known for painting over 250 oil paintings of water lilies. As the founder of French Impressionism, he held his first independent show at the Salon de Paris and was famous for his plein-air style of painting outdoors on location.

1. CLAUDE MONET

2. Claude Monet
 1840-1926
 French painter
 250 oil paintings of water lilies
 Founder of French Impressionist
 1st
independent show at Salon de Paris
 Plein-air painting: painting outside at location

3. Snow in Argenteuil

4. Magpie-1869

5. Vocabulary
 Plein-air painting: painting outside at
location
 Depth: the appearance of distance

6. Vocabulary
 Plein-air painting: painting outside at
location
 Depth: the appearance of distance