Claude Monet

Birth & Childhood, Education

   Oscar Claude Monet was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France. In 1845, at the age of five  Monet and his family moved to Le Harve near Normandy, France. He was very close with his mother growing up and she greatly supported his decision to become an artist and his like of the arts. Her death caused him to suffer from sever depression. In school, Monet was considered a good student, although he always wanted to go outside. Little did he know that his love of the outdoors would greatly influence the creation and inspiration of most of his work. He was also said to have been extremely self-critical and was not pleased with some of his work, having demolished close to 500 pieces of art he had created.

Claude Monet at age 25, self-portait

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Achievements

In his beginning years as a painter, Monet introduced and developed a new art form called "Impressionism" and incorporated Modern Art mediums into his pieces as well. Interestingly though, Monet served in Algeria while being stationed there as a soldier. After his discharge, he went back to Paris and studied art under his fellow painters. His most famous work would come to be from his last collection of paintings before his death, "Water Lily Pond." Various pieces of his have been exhibited throughout the world in several museums.

"Water Lily Pond" by Claude Monet

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