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Key Dates: Claude Oscar Monet
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| 1840 |
Birth of Claude Oscar Monet on 14th November, at 45 Rue
Lafitte, Paris. |
| 1845 |
The Monet family moves to Le Havre. |
| 1858 |
Claude Monet meets Eugène Boudin who takes him to
paint out of doors for the first time. |
| 1859 |
Monet comes to Paris and enrolls in the Swiss Academy. |
| 1860 |
Monet meets Pissarro and Courbet. |
| 1863 |
Monet discovers Manet's painting and paints "en plein
air" in the Fontainebleau forest. |
| 1865 |
Monet's paintings are submitted for the first time to the official
Salon. Camille Doncieux his lady friend and Bazille pose for Le
Dejeuner sur l'herbe (the Picnic). |
| 1867 |
Birth of his first son Jean Monet while Claude Monet stays
at his parents home. |
| 1870 |
Monet marries Camille, Courbet is his witness. They take refuge in
London when the Prussian war begins. |
| 1871 |
Monet meets Durand-Ruel in London with Pissarro and
Daubigny. Death
of his father. Monet settles at Argenteuil after visiting the
Netherlands. |
| 1874 |
Monet exhibits "Impression
Sunrise" at the first
Impressionist exhibition in the studio of Nadar. |
| 1887 |
Monet exhibits in New-York thanks to Durand-Ruel. |
| 1890 |
Monet purchases the house in Giverny and begins the digging for
the nympheas basin. Start to paint Popular
series |
| 1900 |
Monet paints several views of the Japanese bridge. He takes
several trips to London and paints views of the Thames. Houses
of Parliament plus my painted
version |
| 1916 - 1926 |
Claude Monet works on twelve large canvas, The Water Lilies.
Following the signing of the Armistice, Monet offers to donate them
to France. Theses paintings will be installed in an architectural
space designed specifically for them at the museum of the Orangerie
in Paris. |
| 1923 |
Monet is nearly blind. He has an operation for the cataract in
one eye. His sight improves. |
| 1926 |
In February Monet is still painting. But he suffers from lung
cancer. He dies on December 5th. He is buried in a simple ceremony
at Giverny. |
