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Oscar-Claude Monet was born November 14, 1840, in [[Paris]], France, the second son of Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet (a singer). <ref> http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_165.html </ref>

Oscar-Claude Monet was born November 14, 1840, in [[Paris]], France, the second son of Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet (a singer). <ref> http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_165.html </ref>

When he was five years old his family moved to the Normandy coastal town of [[Le Havre]], where he spent his childhood. His father worked as a grocer and ship chandler. Monet's mother died in 1857 when he was 17 years old. <ref> http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Monet_Selden_MS_05 </ref>

When he was five years old his family moved to the Normandy coastal town of Le Havre, where he spent his childhood. His father worked as a grocer and ship chandler. Monet's mother died in 1857 when he was 17 years old. <ref> http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Monet_Selden_MS_05 </ref>

His widowed childless aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre, took him into her home.

His widowed childless aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre, took him into her home.

==References==

==References==

[[File:Monet Fleurs et Fruits Flowers and Fruit 1869.jpg|thumb|Fleurs et Fruits (Flowers and Fruit), 1869.]]

[[File:Monet Fleurs et Fruits Flowers and Fruit 1869.jpg|thumb|Fleurs et Fruits (Flowers and Fruit), 1869.]]

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[[Image:Monet Bouquet de soleils.jpg|Bouquet de Soleils]] Bouquet de Soleils, 1881.

 

[[Image:Monet Bouquet de soleils.jpg|thumb|left|Bouquet de Soleils, 1881.]]

[[File:Monet, La Japonaise, Madame Monet en costume japonais, 1876.jpg|thumb|center|La Japonaise, Madame Monet en costume japonais, 1876.]]