French
b. November 14, 1840, Rue Laffitte, Paris, France —
d. December 5, 1926, Giverny, France

Claude Monet is an internationally known painter and one of the founders of the French Impressionism movement. Rejecting the traditional approach to landscape painting, Monet observed subtle variations of color and light caused by the hourly, daily and seasonal changes. His later, more abstract large-scale water lily paintings may arguably be considered precursors to the mid-twentieth century American Abstract Expressionist movement.

Claude Monet’s paintings are held in most every important art museum collections. They are still highly sought after at auction.