Claude Monet
Initiator, leader, and founder of the Impressionist style Impressionist style French Painter Born Nov. 14, 1840, Died Dec. 5, 1926.
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Claude Monet
Initiator, leader, and founder of the Impressionist style
French Painter
Born Nov. 14, 1840, Died Dec. 5, 1926
Claude Monet
The term is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).
May be the single most successful and identifiable "movement" ever
Impressionism
Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).
Jardin à Sainte-Adresse, 1867
Saint Lazare Train Station, Paris, 1877
Giverny
Monet in his Garden, 1917
On the ‘right bank’ of the river Sienne, 50 miles from Paris, France
Monet lived here from 1883 until his death in 1926
He built a large garden where he painted many of his most famous paintings, including Water Lillies and Japanese Bridge Paintings
Giverny
Water Lilly Pond, 1899
Water Lillies
References
Web Museum. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet
www.giverny.com
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