Biography of
Claude MONET

1860 - photo Carjat	1840 Birth of Claude Oscar MONET on November 14th in Paris. 1845 The family moves to Le Havre. 1857 Death of his mother Louise Monet. 1858 Claude Monet meets Eugène Boudin who encourages him to paint out of doors. 1859 Monet comes to Paris and enters the Swiss Academy. 1860 Monet meets Pissaro and Courbet. See Monet early works	Still life with pheasant Claude Monet 1861
1867 portrait by Carolus Duran	1863 Monet discovers Manet's painting and paints "en plein air" in the Fontainebleau forest. 1864 Monet stays in Honfleur with Boudin, Bazille, Jondkind. He meets his first art lover : Gaudibert. 1865 Monet's paintings are submitted for the first time to the official Salon. Camille Doncieux his lady friend and Bazille pose for Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (the Picnic). 1867 Birth of his first son Jean Monet while Claude Monet is in Sainte-Adresse. See Monet early artworks	Luncheon on the Grass Claude Monet 1865
1874 by Manet	1868 Monet tries to commit suicide. He receives a pension from Mr Gaudibert. He paints in Fecamp and Etretat. 1869 Monet settles in the village of Saint-Michel near Bougival where he paints in company of Renoir. 1870 Monet marries Camille, Courbet is his witness. They take refuge in London when the war begins. 1871 Monet meets Durand-Ruel in London with Pissaro and Daubigny. Death of his father. Monet settles at Argenteuil after visiting the Netherlands.	The Magpie Claude Monet 1869
1880	1873 Monet meets Caillebotte. 1874 Monet exhibits "Impression Sunrise" at the first Impressionist exhibition in the studio of Nadar. 1876 Monet meets Ernest and Alice Hoschedé. 1877 Bankruptcy of Ernest Hoschedé. Monet paints the Saint-Lazare train station.	Impression Sunrise Claude Monet 1873
1886 self-portrait with a beret	1878 Birth of Michel Monet, his second son. Monet and his family settle at Vétheuil in compagny of the family Hoschedé. 1879 Death of Camille. 1881 The family moves to Poissy.	Sunflowers Claude Monet 1881
1899 Photo Nadar	1883 Monet rents a house at Giverny. He will stay there for 43 years. 1887 Monet exhibits in New-York thanks to Durand-Ruel. 1889 Monet exhibits with Rodin. 1890 Monet purchases the house in Giverny and begins the digging for the Water-Lily pond.	Study of a Figure outdoors facing right Claude Monet 1886
1917 Self-portrait	1891 Death of Ernest Hoschedé. Monet paints the series of Meules (Haystacks) and of Peupliers (Poplars) 1892 Monet paints the Rouen Cathedrals series. He marries Alice in July. 1894 Visit of Mary Cassatt and of Cézanne at Giverny. Rodin, Clémenceau and Geffroy are present. 1900 Monet paints several views of the Japanese bridge. He takes several trips to London and paints views of the Thames.	Water-Lily Pond Claude Monet 1897-99
ca. 1920 by Henri Manuel	1904 Monet travels to Madrid and admires the paintings of Velasquez. 1907 First problems with his eyesight. Monet discovers Venice. 1911 Death of Alice. 1914 Death of Jean, Monet's eldest son. Blanche moves to live near Claude Monet.	San Giorgio Maggiore at Twilight Claude Monet 1908
ca. 1923	1916 The artist decides to build a large studio of 23 m x 12m at Giverny. 1916 - 1926 Claude Monet works on twelve large canvas, The Water Lilies. Following the signing of the Armistice, Monet offers to donate them to France. Theses paintings will be installed in an architectural space designed specifically for them at the museum of the Orangerie in Paris. 1923 Monet is nearly blind. He has an operation from the cataract in one eye. His sight improves.	Water-Lilies Claude Monet 1916-19
In his studio at Giverny	1926 In February Monet is still painting. But he suffers from lung cancer. He dies on December 5th. He is buried in a simple ceremony at Giverny. His friend Georges Clémenceau attends the ceremony. Claude Monet by himself In 1900, Monet has become famous. On the occasion of an exhibition in Paris a journalist of the Temps, Thiébault-Sisson, made him tell his life. On November 26, 1900 the newspaper Le Temps published this autobiography in which Monet builds himself his  legend. The text is spicy but doesn't always reflect reality faithfully ...	Green Reflexions Orangerie Decorations Claude Monet 1920-26

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