Where did Claude Monet study informally in Paris?

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Painting by Claude Monet, Self-portrait in Beret, 1886, showing Monet with a full beard, dark beret, and coat against a light, textured background. — Claude Monet *Self-Portrait with a Beret*, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1886; in a private collection.

Claude Monet did not receive a formal artistic education, as he famously refused to enroll in the École des Beaux-Arts. Instead, he pursued informal training in Paris by frequenting the haunts of advanced artists and working at the Académie Suisse, an informal art school founded by Martin François Suisse where he met Camille Pissarro.12

Additionally, Monet studied in Paris in the atelier of the academician Charles Gleyre, where he formed connections with other notable artists, including Frédéric Bazille, Alfred Sisley, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.2