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Key Dates: Claude Oscar Monet
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| 1840 |
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. |
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1900
1908
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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
Monet in Venice 1908
Le Palaisa de Mula, Venice, by Douglas Carpenter
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| 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. 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. |
