![]() He was the second son of Claude Adolphe Monet and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet, both of them second-generation Parisians. Among the best-known examples are his series of haystacks (1890–91), paintings of the Rouen Cathedral (1894), and the paintings of water lilies in his garden in Giverny that occupied him continuously for the last 20 years of his life.įrequently exhibited and successful during his lifetime, Monet's fame and popularity soared in the second half of the 20th century when he became one of the world's most famous painters and a source of inspiration for a burgeoning groups of artists.īiography Birth and childhood Ĭlaude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Monet's ambition to document the French countryside led to a method of painting the same scene many times so as to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons. From 1883, Monet lived in Giverny, also in northern France, where he purchased a house and property and began a vast landscaping project, including a water-lily pond. A key early influence was Eugène Boudin who introduced him to the concept of plein air painting. His early works include landscapes, seascapes, and portraits, but attracted little attention. He went on to study at the Académie Suisse, and under the academic history painter Charles Gleyre, where he was a classmate of Auguste Renoir. He was very close to his mother, but she died in January 1857 when he was sixteen years old, and he was sent to live with his childless, widowed but wealthy aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre. Although his mother, Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, supported his ambitions to be a painter, his father, Claude-Adolphe, disapproved and wanted him to pursue a career in business. Monet was raised in Le Havre, Normandy, and became interested in the outdoors and drawing from an early age. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant, exhibited in 1874 (the "exhibition of rejects") initiated by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting. Shop our Monet Prints Collection.Oscar-Claude Monet ( UK: / ˈ m ɒ n eɪ/, US: / m oʊ ˈ n eɪ, m ə ˈ-/, French: 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. He is famous for landscaping projects that he documented with his artwork. This style doesn't seek to create an impression of real life, but rather how life appears to the artist. Impressionism emphasizes accurate depictions of light, ordinary subject matter, and movement. He was one of the founders of the French Impressionist movement. Get your own Claude Monet Sunrise Print today! About The Artist We use wooden stretcher frames to stretch our canvases. ![]() This ensures our products can be fade resistant for up to 100 years. We use premium HP Latex inks in our print process. These are white semi-gloss artist's canvases. We use high-quality canvases specifically intended for printing.Our products are never shipped from China or overseas. Look out for inferior level products and fraudulent sellers. At Wall26, we make our products in the USA.Wall hanging kit for your canvas included.Professionals in the US hand stretch and print our canvases.1.50" thick stretcher bars for an art gallery-quality look.Premium stretched canvas material stapled onto sturdy anti-shrink frames. ![]()
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