Quick Facts About Claude Monet
- Born
- November 14, 1840
- Died
- December 5, 1926
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Painter
- Notable works
- Monet (1840-1926)
- Known for
- Impression, Sunrise, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, Haystacks, Rouen Cathedral Series, Woman in the Garden
- Spouse
- Alice Hoschedé
About Claude Monet
He is also considered a key precursor to modernism. Throughout his long career he painted many outdoor landscapes, following Impressionism’s idea of showing personal perception of nature. The movement’s name comes from his 1874 painting Impression, Sunrise, shown at the First Impressionist Exhibition that he helped start as an alternative to the Salon.
![“It goes without saying that I will do anything at any price to pull myself out of a situation like this [rejection] so that I can start work immediately on my next Salon picture and ensure that such a thing should not happen again.” quote by Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/858/claude-monet-2110_art-work_it-goes-without-saying-that-i-will-do-an_3190262.png)
![“One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here [in Etretat] will at least have the merit of being unlike anyone else, at least I believe so, because it will simply be the expression of what I, and only I, have felt.” quote by Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/071/claude-monet-2110_believe_one-is-too-taken-up-with-all-that-one-se_635962.png)
