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Claude Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926) grew up in Le Havre, France, where an aunt first financed his painting studies. Later, in Paris, he met and was influenced by future Impressionist colleagues Sisley, Renoir, and others. He was a leading figure in the Impressionists’ first group exhibition in 1874, which one critic ridiculed as "a collection of freshly painted canvases smeared with floods of cream." It was Monet’s painting of the Le Havre harbor in Impression, Sunrise, that gave the fledgling movement its name. Until late in his life, Monet suffered frequent personal and professional ups and downs. Yet, he never wavered in the quest to paint his direct, sensory impressions of nature without intellectual thought. "Paintings aren’t made with doctrines," he declared.life.
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926) The Cliff at Fecamp1 1881 |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926) Plum Trees in Blossom, 1879 |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet The Strollers, 1865 |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet The Headland of the Hève at Low Tide |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet French, 1840-1926 The Port at Argenteuil, about 1872 |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen, 1872/1873 |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias) 1873 |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet Sainte-Addresse , 1867 |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet The Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874 |
Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet Woman with a Parasol- Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875
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Click Image for Larger View Claude Monet The Japanese Footbridge, 1899 |
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