Full Name | Oscar-Claude Monet |
Date of Birth | 14 November 1840 |
Place of Birth | Paris, Kingdom of France |
Date of Death | 5 December 1926 |
Place of Death | Giverny, France |
Nationality | French |
Education | Académie Suisse, Beaux-Arts de Paris |
Years Active | 1865–1926 |
Known For | Painting |
Notable Works | Impression, Sunrise; Rouen Cathedral series; London Parliament series; Water Lilies; Haystacks; Poplars |
Art Movement | Impressionism |
Spouses | Camille Doncieux (m. 1870; died 1879), Alice Hoschedé (m. 1892; died 1911) |
Children | Jean, Michel |
Patrons | Gustave Caillebotte, Ernest Hoschedé, Georges Clemenceau, Sergei Shchukin |
Influences | Eugène Boudin (introduced him to plein air painting) |
Key Themes | Nature, light, and the changing seasons |
Early Life | Raised in Le Havre, Normandy; lost his mother at age of 16 |
Career Highlights | Co-founded the Impressionist movement; known for plein-air landscape painting |
Living in Giverny | Lived in Giverny from 1883; created a vast garden and water-lily pond, which inspired many paintings |
Famous Series | Haystacks (1890–1891), Rouen Cathedral (1892–1894), Water Lilies (late works) |
Later Life and Legacy | Regained fame and popularity in the second half of the 20th century; considered one of the world’s most famous painters and a precursor to modernism |