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Claude Monet Research Paper
26 April 2010
INTRODUCTION
Claude Oscar Monet was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris France, His father was a
wholesale grocer and ship chandler which is how he provided for the family. Monets father
and mother decided to move to Le Harve in 1845(Seitz, Pg 2). By the young age of 15
years old, Monet received a reputation as being a great caricature artist (Biography.com).
The year 1857 was a tough period for Monet, because his mother died (Seitz, Pg 5). Two
years after his mothers death, Monet moved to Paris against his fathers wished to pursue a
career in painting. While in Paris, Monet entered the the Swiss Academy of painting and
became inspired by the work of Eugene Delacroix, Camille Corot, and Charles Daubigny
(Biography.com). In 1860, Monet gets the honor of meeting Camille Pissarro and Gustave
Courbet. It was during this time that Monet decided to take a break from painting and join
the army in Algeria from 1860 to 1862. After serving his time in the army, Monet picked
up right where he left off and started painting again. In 1865, Monets painting are
submitted for the first time to the official salon where Camille Dondeux who was Monets
lady friend at the time was featured in one of Monets paintings to be put on
display(giverny.org). Monets first son Jean Monet was born in 1867 while he was in Sainte
Adresse. One year after the birth of his son, Monet tried to commit suicide, shortly after
his failed attempt at suicide, Monet receive a pension for this painting Mr Grauibert. After
the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (19 July 1870), Monet and Camille took refuge in
England in September 1870. While there, Monet studied the works of John Constable and
Joseph Mallord William Turner, both of whose landscapes would serve to inspire Monets
innovations in the study of color. In the spring of 1871, Monets works were refused
authorization for inclusion in the Royal Academy exhibition.
In May 1871, he left London to live in Zaandam, in the Netherlands, where he made
twenty-five paintings. He also paid a first visit to nearby Amsterdam. In 1871, Monets
father died and Monet returned to France. Monet lived in Argenteuil from December 1871
to 1878, Argenteuil was a village on the right bank of the Seine river near Paris, and a
popular Sunday outing destination for Parisians this was the area where Monet painted
