Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a French impressionist painter who transformed modern art with his emphasis on light brushstrokes, bright colours, and uncluttered nature. Famed for his landscapes and series of paintings that captured the same view in different momentary atmospheric conditions, Monet is heralded as one of the greatest and most influential artists of all time.
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1840 - 1926Life of the impressionist painter Claude Monet.
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14 Nov 1840Claude Monet is born in Paris.
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1845Claude Monet's parents move to Le Havre.
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1858Claude Monet produces his first outdoor painting, 'View from Rouelles'.
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Apr 1859Claude Monet moves to Paris to become a painter.
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Jun 1861Claude Monet is conscripted into the French army and is sent to North Africa.
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1862Claude Monet is invalided home from North Africa, and he resumes his studies in Paris to become a painter.
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1864Clade Monet and Frédéric Bazille share a studio in Paris.
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1866Claude Monet's 'Woman in a Green Dress' is accepted by the Paris Salon.
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Aug 1867Claude Monet and his model/lover Camille-Léonie Doncieux have a son.
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28 Jun 1870Claude Monet marries Camille-Léonie Doncieux.
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Sep 1870Claude Monet spends some months in London and meets the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel.
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1872Claude Monet produces his first masterpiece, 'Impression, Sunrise'.
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1874Edouard Manet and Claude Monet spend time together painting at Argenteuil on the Seine.
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Apr 1874Claude Monet exhibits 12 works at the First Impressionist Exhibition in Paris.
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1877Claude Monet paints a series of paintings at Paris' Gare Saint-Lazare.
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5 Sep 1879Claude Monet's wife Camille-Léonie Doncieux dies.
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1880Claude Monet's 'Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt' is accepted by the Paris Salon.
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1881Claude Monet lives with the married Alice Hoschedé.
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1883 - 1884Claude Monet visits the south of France and Italy to paint.
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1883Claude Monet sets up home at Giverny.
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1889Claude Monet paints his Creuse Valley series.
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1890 - 1891Claude Monet paints his haystacks series.
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1892 - 1894Claude Monet paints his Rouen Cathedral series.
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Jul 1892Claude Monet marries Alice Hoschedé.
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1899 - 1901Claude Monet takes three trips to London to paint 85 canvases of the city.
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1903Claude Monet begins his long series of paintings of his Japanese garden at Giverny.
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Oct 1908Claude Monet visits Venice to paint.
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May 1911Claude Monet's wife Alice dies.
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5 Dec 1926Claude Monet dies of pulmonary sclerosis at his home in Giverny.
