Claude Monet

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Claude Monet was once thrown into the Seine River by his aunt in a swimming lesson.

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At 11 years old, Monet entered Le Havre secondary school of the arts where he first became known for his charcoal caricatures.

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Vase of Chrysanthemums, 1882 https://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-monet/vase-of-chrysanthemums

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Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. - Claude Monet

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The Road to Giverny, 1885 https://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-monet/the-road-to-giverny

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Monet's Impression, Soleil levant triggered critics to coin the term Impressionism.

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I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat...I want to paint the air... - Claude Monet

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The Grand Canal in Venice 01, 1908 https://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-monet/the-grand-canal-in-venice-01

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For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment. - Claude Monet

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Monet was an inspiration for abstract artists with his Water Lilies paintings marking the shift to art's modern era.

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Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment. - Claude Monet

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Port d`Aval, 1926 https://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-monet/port-d-aval

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Monet refined the technique of painting the same scenes under different lighting conditions, a hallmark of Impressionism.

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Claude Monet served in the Algeria during the First French Regiment of Africa in 1861.

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Camille Monet on a Garden Bench, 1873 https://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-monet/camille-monet-on-a-garden-bench

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It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. - Claude Monet

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The Railroad Station at Argenteuil, 1872 https://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-monet/the-railroad-station-at-argenteuil

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After his wife's death, Monet painted her portrait on her deathbed - a departure from his outdoor scenes.

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Everything changes, even stone. - Claude Monet

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Monet's painting Meules sold for a record $110.7 million in 2019.

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