Olga's Gallery
Claude Monet
(1840-1926)
Biography
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Claude Monet (1840-1926), was a French painter, recognized, together with Pissaro, as being one of the creators of Impressionism, and was probably the artist most dedicated to observing the Impressionist principles. His works epitomize the genre and are considered some of the Impressionists' finest.
Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840 but all his impressions as a child and adolescent were linked with Le Havre, the town to which his family moved about 1845. His father had a grocery store there. In his youth he painted caricature portraits and exhibited them in the art supplies store in which Eugène Boudin worked at the time. Eventually Boudin persuaded the young Monet to paint in the open air with him and become a landscape painter. His family was not against his wish to become a painter, but his independent views, criticism towards academic art and refusal to enter a decent school of art led to constant quarrels with his family. After finishing his military service in Algeria ... Read Claude Monet's Full Biography
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Studio Corner. 1861. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. 
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Hunting Trophy. 1862. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Farm Courtyard in Normandy. c.1863. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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La Rue de la Bavolle in Honfleur. 1864. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA.
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Still Life: Piece of Beef. c.1864. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Shipyard near Honfleur. 1864. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
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Road to the Saint-Siméon Farm. 1864. Oil on canvas. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan.
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The Cape de la Hève at Low Tide. 1865. Oil on canvas. The Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
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The Walkers (Bazille and Camille). 1865. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA.
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The Picnic (Le dejeuner sur l’herbe). 1865-1866. Oil on canvas. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
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Déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Picnic). Left fragment. 1865-1866. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Picnic). Right fragment. 1865-1866. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Women in the Garden. 1866. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Garden in Bloom at Sainte-Addresse. c.1866. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Camille Doncieux (Lady in Green). 1866. Oil on canvas. Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany.
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Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. 1866. Oil on canvas. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
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Woman in the Garden (Saint-Adresse). 1867. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
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Terrace at Saint-Adresse. 1867. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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The Entrance to the Port of Honfleur. 1867. Oil on canvas. N. Simon Fund, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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The Beach at Sainte-Adresse. 1867. Oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Ice on the Seine near Bougival. 1867. Oil on canvas. Private collection, France.
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The Cart; Snow-Covered Road at Honfieur, with Saint-Simeon Farm. c.1867. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Quai du Louvre. 1867. Oil on canvas. Haags Gemeentemuseum, the Hague, Netherlands.
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The Garden of the Infanta. 1867. Oil on canvas. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH, USA.
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The Regatta at Saint-Adresse. 1867. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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The Luncheon. 1868. Oil on canvas. Stedel Art Institute, Frankfurt-on-Maine, Germany.
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Madame Gaudibert. . 1868. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
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The Dinner. 1868. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Zurich, Switzerland.
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The River, Bennecourt. 1868. 1868. Oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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The Magpie. c.1868-1869. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Rough Sea at Etretat. c.1868-1869. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Flowers and Fruits. . 1869. Oil on canvas. Private collection, New York, USA.
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Le Grenoillère. 1869. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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On the Beach at Trouville. 1870. Oil on canvas. Musée Marmottan, Paris, France.
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The Road to Louveciennes, the Effect of Snow. 1870. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Chicago, USA.
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