Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1840, Rue Laffitte, Paris, France
Died: December 5, 1926 (age 86 years), Giverny, France
Influenced by: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Gustave Courbet, and more
Periods: Impressionism and Modern art
Spouse: Alice Hoschedé (m. 1892–1911) and Camille Doncieux (m. 1870–1879)
Children: Michel Monet and Jean Monet
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Claude Monet was a key figure in the Impressionist movement that transformed French painting in the second half of the nineteenth century.