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    Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a famous French Impressionist painter. He was born in Paris and showed an early interest in art despite his father wanting him to go into the family business. Monet received some art training and became friends with painter Eugene Boudin, who taught him to paint outdoors. Some of Monet's most famous works include his series of paintings of water lilies at his home in Giverny. He helped pioneer Impressionist techniques of using visible brushstrokes and focusing on the effects of light.

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    Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a famous French Impressionist painter. He was born in Paris and showed an early interest in art despite his father wanting him to go into the family business. Monet received some art training and became friends with painter Eugene Boudin, who taught him to paint outdoors. Some of Monet's most famous works include his series of paintings of water lilies at his home in Giverny. He helped pioneer Impressionist techniques of using visible brushstrokes and focusing on the effects of light.

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    Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a famous French Impressionist painter. He was born in Paris and showed an early interest in art despite his father wanting him to go into the family business. Monet received some art training and became friends with painter Eugene Boudin, who taught him to paint outdoors. Some of Monet's most famous works include his series of paintings of water lilies at his home in Giverny. He helped pioneer Impressionist techniques of using visible brushstrokes and focusing on the effects of light.

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    Monet

    By:Tyler Suydam
    Monet’s early life
    • Claude Monet was born on 14 November
    1840.
    • He was the second son of Claude Adolphe
    Monet and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet,
    • On May 20 1841, he was baptised in A parish
    church.
    • In 1845, his family moved to Le Harde, in
    Normandy.
    • His father wanted him to go into the family
    grocery business, but Monet wanted to
    become an artist.
    Monet’s early life as a painter
    • In April 1851, Monet entered Le Havre secondary
    school of the arts.
    • Locals knew him for his charcoal paintings, he would
    sell them for 20 Franks.
    • Monet also had his first drawing lessons from
    Jacques-Francois Orchard.
    • Monet met an artist named,Eugene Boudin on a
    beach in Normandy, who became his mentor and
    taught him to use oil paints.
    • Boudin taught Monet ”Ein plein heir. “or outdoor
    techniques for painting.
    • On January 28 1857, his mother died.
    • At the age of sixteen, he left school and went to live
    with his widowed aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre.
    Monets most famous paintings
    Why I chose Monet
    • I chose Monet mainly because of his
    courage. He had the courage to stand out
    against the public.
    • He also made one of his most famous
    paintings when he was mostly blind.
    • Monet was also the founder of the
    Impressionist movement.

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