Birth of Claude Oscar Monet on 14th November, at 45 Rue Lafitte, Paris.
1845
The Monet family moves to Le Havre.
1858
Claude Monet meets Eugène Boudin who takes him to paint out of doors for the first time.
1859
Monet comes to Paris and enrolls in the Swiss Academy.
1860
Monet meets Pissarro and Courbet.
1863
Monet discovers Manet's and paints "en plein air" in the Fontainebleau forest, and with Bazille in
Chailly
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 stays at his parents home. September Monet joins
Bazille and Renoir in their studio at 20 rue Visconti.
1870
Monet marries Camille, Courbet is his witness. They take refuge in London when the Franco-Prussian
War begins.
1871
Monet meets Durand-Ruel in London with Pissarro and Daubigny. Death of his father. Monet settles
at Argenteuil after visiting the Netherlands.
1874
Monet exhibits "Impression Sunrise" at the first Impressionist exhibition in the studio of Nadar
on the 14th April .
1887
Monet exhibits in New-York thanks to Durand-Ruel.
1890
Monet purchases the house in Giverny and begins the digging for the nympheas basin. Monet campaigns
to buy Manet's Olympia for the Nation to aid his widow.
1900
1908
Monet paints several views of the Japanese bridge. He takes several trips to London and paints views of the
Thames.
Houses of Parliament plus my
painted version
Claude Monet works on twelve large canvas,
The Water Lilies. Following the signing of the Armistice, Monet offers to donate them to France. These
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 for the cataract in one eye. His sight improves.
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.
