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Born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France.
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Moved to Le Havre, France in 1845.
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During an exhibition of his drawings at a local frame shop in 1858, Monet met Eugene Boudin, a landscape artist who was a big influence on him. He introduced him to outdoor painting an activity that soon became his lifes work.
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Married his first wife, Camille Doncieux in 1870 and was married for 9 years until her death in 1879.
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Throughout the 1860's and the 1870's, he was often short of money and destroyed his own paintings rather than have them taken away by creditors.
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During Monet's lifetime the Franco-Prussian War happened from 1870 to 1871.
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Monet exhibited regularly in impresionist group shows. These shows first took place in 1874.
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Claude Monet's wife, Camille, passed away in 1879.
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In 1892, Claude Monet married Alice Hoschede.
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In 1899 Monet began work on his paintings on water lilies in his gardens at Giverny, France.
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During Claude Monet's lifetime World War I occured during 1914 through 1918.
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In the 1920's Monet almost became blind.
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Claude Monet died on December 5, 1926 in Giverny, France.
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A new style of art was born called impressionism which was an illusionist style, that showed how even the darkest of colors have an infinite amount of colors.
