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Today we're going to learn about the famous
artist, Claude Monet.
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Born on November 14, 1840, Claude Monet was
a nineteenth century French painter, and one
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of the founding fathers of French impressionism.
Some consider him the one of the most important
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painters of the Impressionist movement, and
he was certainly one of the most prolific,
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creating more than two thousand five hundred
paintings, drawings, and pastels in his lifetime.
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Monet was the second son of his parents. Though
he was born in Paris, France, his family moved
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to Normandy only a few years later. His father
was a businessman, and his mother was a singer.
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Monet's father wanted him to go into the family's
grocery business, but Monet wanted to become
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an artist. When he was only ten years old,
he entered the local art school and began
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his studies.
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By age fifteen, Monet was well known in the
town where he lived for drawing caricatures,
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or exaggerated portraits, of the people around
him. His drawings were so good that people
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were happy to buy them, and Monet attracted
the attention of more experienced artists,
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who helped him to improve.
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In 1857, Monet's mother died. Shortly afterward,
he left school and went to live with his aunt.
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In 1861, Claude Monet joined the army for
what was supposed to be seven years, but after
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two years he became sick and his aunt agreed
to pay to get him out of the rest of his service
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on condition that he agree to go back to art
school.
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Monet was not happy with the traditional techniques
that were being taught, and so after a very
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short time he left the school and began to
study with other artists who were trying to
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create in a new way. They painted outside,
with quick brushstrokes, more concerned with
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capturing the feeling of the color and the
light than with accurate or realistic painting.
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This style of painting came to be called Impressionism.
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By 1865, some of Monet's work was accepted
to the Salon, an annual art show in Paris,
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and his work began to be appreciated, but
he was still very poor. He married his first
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wife, Camille, in 1870, and together with
their young son they moved first to England,
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then the Netherlands, but by late 1871, they
returned to France. In 1878, Camille gave
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birth to their second son, but she was very
sick and died the next year.
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Monet had a very difficult time following
his wife's death, but within a few years his
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career began to take off as his dealer had
more and more success selling his paintings.
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In 1883 Monet settled in a house in Giverny,
France, with Alice Hoschedé, who cared for
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his children as well as her own six children.
By 1890, Monet was doing well enough to buy
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the house and the land around it, and to build
a greenhouse, a studio, and a garden full
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of water lilies.
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In 1892, following the death of her husband,
Monet married Alice, and spent his remaining
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years painting in the gardens of Giverny.
He often painted the same thing many times
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in an attempt to capture them in different
seasons, light, or colors. He continued painting
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up until his death on December 5, 1926, at
the age of 86.
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Today Monet is remembered for the changes
he helped create in the world of art. By moving
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away from realism, or realistic painting,
he prepared the way for more modern styles
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of art. His paintings hang in museums around
the world, and his beautiful gardens are open
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for visitors who want to come and see the
place that the renowned artist created so
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many of his paintings.
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I hope you enjoyed learning about the famous
artist, Claude Monet, and seeing some of his
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beautiful work. Goodbye.
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