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Oscar-Claude Monet is born in Paris, France. Son of Claude-Adolphe, a family business worker, and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, a singer. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biography.com%2Fartist%2Fclaude-monet&psig=AOvVaw3ORzJSy_G9yQZPTXNa6FQi&ust=1637980974921000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCKDOi-2AtfQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD -
The Monet family moves to Le Havre, a port in France's Normandy region.
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Monet studied at Le Harve School of Arts. He became known there for making charcoal caricatures for up to twenty francs.
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Monet's mother, Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, passes away when he is 16. He is sent to live with his widowed aunt, Marie-Jeanne LeCadre.
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Monet met Eugene Boudin, a French landscape painter, who introduced him to outdoor painting that year and was convinced to travel to Rouelles with him.
From Boudin's influence "View from Rouelles, Le Havre" was Monet's first known painting. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.claude-monet.com%2Fview-at-rouelles-le-havre.jsp&psig=AOvVaw1WSqRJ8KV20URRhmaweln8&ust=1637968767793000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCOik7K_TtPQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD -
Monet was stationed in Algiers, Algeria. After becoming sick contracting typhoid, his aunt pulls him from the army and he was enrolled in an art school .
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A portrait Monet created of Camille Doncieux, his muse, lover, and first wife. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Falchetron.com%2FCamille-Doncieux&psig=AOvVaw3-sG17i8F2PUZmqL246U4a&ust=1637969091642000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCOCil-DUtPQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD -
Claude Monet and Camille Doncieux's first child is born, Jean. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abposters.com%2Fart-photo%2Fjean-monet-1867-1914-1880-v56640&psig=AOvVaw1TfUVOeLow31ZAUHLxNS4A&ust=1637987346032000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCMiY6cuYtfQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD -
Monet becomes married to Camille Doncieux. Image: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Falchetron.com%2Fcdn%2Fcamille-doncieux-7c86a77d-8673-4aa8-b541-e7d293361ef-resize-750.jpeg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Falchetron.com%2FCamille-Doncieux&tbnid=BALm-sd4rICIAM&vet=12ahUKEwiG9aag2LT0AhV1VDUKHcqrDPQQMygFegUIARCtAQ..i&docid=KHGFZCRs5gtucM&w=498&h=600&itg=1&q=camille%20doncieux&ved=2ahUKEwiG9aag2LT0AhV1VDUKHcqrDPQQMygFegUIARCtAQ -
"Impression, Sunrise" is a painted scene from Le Havre's port. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpressionistarts.com%2Fclaude-monet-impression-sunrise&psig=AOvVaw0cyrxjkGe85ByHHNVgcP-c&ust=1637987689260000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCMj6ieuZtfQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ
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"Woman with a Parasol", a painting of Camille and Jean Monet. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nga.gov%2Fcollection%2Fart-object-page.61379.html&psig=AOvVaw1xhaTNlcyIeLWQVW2iYW5W&ust=1637988037258000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCLCKtpCbtfQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
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Claude Monet and Camille Doncieux's second child is born, Michel. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMichel_Monet&psig=AOvVaw21O6ydjltudeUHplvavvEM&ust=1637970369463000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCICZ86nZtPQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ -
Camille passes away from tuberculosis. The Monet family moves into Ernest and Alice Hoschede's home during this time.
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Claude begins an affair with Alice Hoschede and later the two become married after her husband's, Ernest, death. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fparismatictour.com%2Fclaude-monet-alice-hoschede%2F&psig=AOvVaw1Zj7uYUT4-X4MQ7CwLkE-x&ust=1637970586018000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCPCyvJHatPQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD -
"Water Lilies" is a series of works where Monet created over 250 water lilies paintings. Image: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16568/water-lilies
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Alice Hoschede passes away.
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Claude Monet passes away in his home at the age of 86 from lung cancer. He is buried at Giventry Church Cemetery. Image: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3AAutoportret_Claude_Monet.jpg&psig=AOvVaw2NxlDIPUUae9Fql8l_fNfC&ust=1637988866545000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCMDLop2etfQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI
