was born on November 14.1840 in Paris.France. He spent his latter years at his estate at Giverny, where he died on December 5.1926.at the age of 86.

By the age of 19.he was committed to becoming an artist and spent as much time in Paris as possible in pursuit of this goal.

In the 1860s Monet associated with the painter.

His association with Manet, a pre-Impressionist, had a formative effect on Monet, who along with other French painters such as, and, went on to form the.

Like Pissarro.Monet lived in London from 1870-71 during the Franco-Prussian war.

Upon his return to France.Monet made many trips to the coasts and rural areas to study the effects of light and color.

Monet and the Impressionists were more concerned with how the object in the painting was portrayed, rather than what the object in the painting actually was.

Composition and form was loose, and color was applied in bright strokes.

The father of impressionism.Monet sought to paint scenes as they would appear to a relaxed viewer.

In fact, the term Impressionism is based on an art critics negative view of Monets 1873 work.

In 1883.Monet and his family moved to the town of Giverny, on the outskirts of Paris. There, he constructed his famous Japanese footbridge and water-lily garden. Much of his work in his later life depicts his time at Giverny. By the mid-1880s.Monet was regarded as the leader of the impressionist school. Monet painted many series of subjects seen in varying degrees of light, different times of the day, and different seasons of the year.

These series include, s.the, and the Japanese Bridge.

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