Claude Monet

1. His full name is Claude Oscar Monet.
2. He was born on November 14, 1840.
3. He was born in Paris.
4. He was born on the 5th floor of a building.
5. He was a famous French artist known for impressionism.
6. He made the term “Impressionist” by painting an impressionist picture called Impression, Sunrise.
7. His mother died when he was 17.
8. His father died when Monet is 31.
9. His first son, Jean Monet, was born in 1867.
10. He tried to kill himself in 1868, but failed.
11. He married Camille Doncieux in 1870.
12. His second son, Michel Monet was born in 1878; one year before his mother died.
13. He married Alice Hoschedé in 1892.
14. He started to have vision problems in 1907.
15. Alice died in 1911.
16. Jean died in 1914.
17. In 1923, Monet needed eye surgery because he was nearly blind.
18. From 1916 – 1926 he worked on 12 large canvases called The Water Lilies.
19. He had lung cancer in 1926, but was still painting.
20. He died on December 5th, and was buried at Giverny.