Claude Monet

Initiator, leader, and founder of the Impressionist style

French Painter

Born Nov. 14, 1840, Died Dec. 5, 1926

Claude Monet

The term is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).

May be the single most successful and identifiable "movement" ever

Impressionism

Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).

Haystacks, (sunset), 1890-1891

Jardin à Sainte-Adresse, 1867

Saint Lazare Train Station, Paris, 1877

Giverny

Monet in his Garden, 1917

On the ‘right bank’ of the river Sienne, 50 miles from Paris, France

Monet lived here from 1883 until his death in 1926

He built a large garden where he painted many of his most famous paintings, including Water Lillies and Japanese Bridge Paintings

Giverny

Water Lilly Pond, 1899

Water Lillies

References

Web Museum. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/

Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

www.giverny.com