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born in Paris, France
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Claude Monet attended an art school to learn to draw and paint.
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16 year old Claude Monet met Eugéne Boudin, who taught him how to paint landscape and encouraged him to paint outdoor things.
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Claude Monet's mother's name was Louise Monet
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Monet becomes well-known for his caricature drawings
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Monet met Camille, his first wife.
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Claude Monet moved to France, hoping to make a living off drawing caricatures.
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Johan Barthold Jongkind had a strong influence on Monet's early development of artistic abilities.
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Monet met Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frédéric Bazille, and Alfred Sisley.
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Monet begins to paint seascapes, but runs into a lot of debt.
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Jean Monet, Claude's first son, was born.
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Claude and Camille got married just before a war.
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Camille and Claude Monet gave birth to their second son, Michael.
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Camille Monet died of tuberculosis. Monet painted a picture of her on her deathbed.
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50 of Claude Monet's paintings are displayed in a New York exhibit.
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Monet lost sight in one of his eyes. He was determined to keep on painting until he became officially 100% blind.
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Monet became officially blind in the 1920s.
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Monet built a studio to make room for his huge canvases.
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Monet died of lung cancer at the age of 86. He is buried in the Giverny church cemetery. Monet only wanted about 50 people to go to his ceremony.
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Claud Monet's water lily paintings are hanging in the Louvre in Paris, France.
