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Born November 14, 1840 • Paris • France • (Birthday tomorrow)
Died December 5, 1926 (aged 86) • Giverny • France
Notable Works “Impression, Sunrise” • “Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect)” • “The Beach at Sainte-Adresse” • “The Japanese Footbridge”
Movement / Style Impressionism

Did You Know?

  • Monet hired gardeners to dust the surface of his pond before he painted it.

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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.
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Oil painting La Grenouillere by Claude Monet shows people gathered on a small island and dock, with rowboats and shimmering reflections on the Seine River, trees in the background.
A visitor stands in front of Claude Monet's painting Impression, Sunrise, displayed in an ornate gold frame on a gallery wall at the MuMa museum in Le Havre, France.
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