Claude Monet: The Father Of Impressionism

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Claude Monet played an essential role in the development of Impressionism. He created many paintings by capturing the art of nature from the world around him. He was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris, France. Later, his family moved to Le Havre, Normandy, France because of his father’s business. Claude Monet did drawings of nature in Normandy and time spent along the beaches, observing nature. As a child, his father had always wanted him to go into the family grocery business, but he found interest in art. He was known by people for his charcoal caricatures; he made money this way by selling them by the age of 15. Nevertheless, he was the founder of French Impressionist painting and this made him one of the most known artists of the nineteenth …show more content…
He was the second son of his father, Adolphe, who worked in grocery business, while his mother, Louise, was a singer. In 1845, when he was five, his family moved to Le Havre in Normandy. His family wanted him to go into the family grocery business, but he knew he wanted to be an artist so his father was disappointed at his son who would not continue the family tradition. In 1851, he entered art school and was known for his charcoal caricatures of his neighbors, which he later sold. He also created pencil sketches of sailing ships. Eugène Boudin, who taught Claude Monet to use oil paints and encourage him to paint, taught Monet "en plein air" (outdoor) techniques for …show more content…
However, a close friend Alice Hoschedé helped Claude Monet with his financial situation and helped him raise his two sons. In April 1883, he, Alice, and their children moved to Giverny in Normandy, where he planted a large garden and painted the beauty of it. He later, married Alice Hoschedé, in 1892. Claude Monet traveled to the Mediterranean, where he painted Bordighera. Moreover, his second wife Alice died in 1911. After his wife died, Blanche, Alice’s daughter took care of him. As time progressed, Monet began to develop cataracts, where his vision was getting worse, but he continued painting. Even after his operation, he repainted some of his paintings, by adding more value to them, but his paintings started to be more abstract.
Monet died of lung cancer on December 5, 1926 at the age of 86. Claude Monet has made it possible for people to look into the reality of life thru this painting. “Blue Water Lilies" shows us the importance of making the most of our lives no matter how it will turn out to be. It is not easy to work with vision disability especially if you are an artist, but Monet was able to create an outstanding work of art by utilizing the vision that he still possessed at that

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